The queen. — Not the usual word, the Hebrew feminine of king, but literally “the great lady” (“ dominatrix ” Vulgate), th…

The Prophet is here commanded to address his discourse directly to King Jehoiakim and his mother; for the term 'lady' is not to be understood as th…

Say to the king, and to the queen
Jehoiachin, and his mother Nehushta, as it is generally interpreted by the Jewish …

Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…

Here, he gives the application of the allegory, and on this topic, he makes two points.

1. First, he applies the allegory to the puni…