Yahweh rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, showing him by two proverbial sayings that there were still greater trials of faith in store for him. Prosper…

Your brethren. —It is not certain whether we are to think actually of the sons of the same father, or only of the men of …

Here God addresses His prophet, in order to confirm the whole of what we have observed. Jeremiah’s objective was, as we have said, to set forth the…

For even your brethren, and the house of your father
The men of Anathoth; even they have dealt treachero…

When we are most in the dark concerning God's dealings, we must maintain right thoughts of God, believing that He never committed the slightest wro…

1. Here, the prophet discu es the justice of the one who punishes. First, the prophet's argument is considered. Second, the Lord’s response …