Thus saith the Lord. —The “men of Anathoth,” it would seem, had at first tried to stop the preaching of Jeremiah by threa…

The Prophet here expressly denounces vengeance upon his own people, for we have seen at the beginning of this book that he belonged to the town of …

Therefore thus says the Lord of the men of Anathoth That is, "unto", or "concerning the men of Anathoth", the townsmen of…

The prophet Jeremiah tells us much about himself; the times he lived in were very troublesome. Those of his own city plotted how they might cause h…

Here, the author shows how they transgre ed by sinning against the prophet himself. What is said literally suits Jeremiah, who came to be hated by …