A parenthesis. As in Jeremiah 7:16, all intercession is forbidden, and for this reason: Prayer for others for the forgiveness of their sins is effe…

My beloved. — Namely, Judah—or, perhaps, Israel collectively—as the betrothed of Jehovah. What has she to do, what part or lot has…

Because the words are concise, this passage is distorted in various ways by interpreters, as brevity often leads to obscurity. The almost universal…

What has my beloved to do in my house. These are either the words of the prophet, as Kimchi and Ben Melech think, speakin…

Evil pursues sinners, and entangles them in snares from which they cannot free themselves. Now, in their distress, their many gods and many altars …

1. Here, he threatens an inescapable punishment for incorrigible guilt.

   1. He speaks of the punishment: behold I