House of Israel. —This forms the link that connects what follows with what precedes. The “house of Israel” had been told …

Among pagans, if certain stars were in conjunction, it was considered unlucky; and certain days of the week were also regarded as unlucky, just as …

Jeremiah enters here on a new subject. Though he had, no doubt, taught this truth often, I consider it distinct from what has gone before, for he b…

Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of
Israel .
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The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the foolishness of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to…

Here, he shows the dignity of the people, so that from this their guilt might appear more serious and their punishment more just.

It is divi…