I will bring - Rather, I have brought. The breach of the covenant on their part had always brought temporal calamity. The last examples were…

Imagination. —Better, as before (Jeremiah 3:17), stubbornness.

Therefore I will bring upon them. —Bet…

Here the Prophet explains more clearly why he had been commanded to proclaim the words of the covenant: for the greater part of the people were no …

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear Though they had such strong solicitations and fair warnings, and these repeat…

God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures while they persist in willful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised fre…

Here, the prophet shows how they have transgressed the covenant:

1. By sinning against God.

   Concerning this first point, there…