Sling out - A similar metaphor for violent ejection occurs in Isaiah 22:18 (see the note).

At this once - Or, “at this time.” …

I will sling out. —The same bold metaphor, though not the same word, for violent expulsion, is found in the prophecy of the fate o…

They had fled to their fortresses for shelter, for the Babylonians were coming up against them; but no hope of deliverance was held out to them, an…

The first verse we have recited, the Rabbis think, is addressed to the Chaldeans, but in my view, very incorrectly.

Jeremiah had indeed said…

For thus says the Lord
This is a reason enforcing the exhortation in the preceding verse, and shows that the same pe…

The Jews who continued in their own land felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that …

1. First, he threatens them with punishment because they have not preserved this dignity. This point has three parts:

   1. The t…