Stubble - Broken straw separated from the wheat after the grain had been trampled out by the oxen. Sometimes it was burned as useless; at ot…

Stubble. —Our English word means the “stalks of the corn left in the field by the reaper” (Johnson). The Hebrew word is applied to…

This is an inference which Jeremiah draws from the last verse. As long as there is any hope of repentance, there is also room for mercy; God often …

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away
Because of their many sins, and continuance in them, …

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…