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The answer is addressed to the people. Jeremiah had prayed as their representative, but he must not intercede: for “to the same degree that God was…

Thus have they loved to wander. —The prophet has to tell the people that Jehovah’s answer to his prayer is one of seeming…

"You may pray, if you like to do so, for a plague to come upon them as a chastisement for their sins, but do not pray for any blessing for them."…

The Prophet continues with the same subject, but he reproves the Jews more severely and shows what their sins were. He says then that they were giv…

Thus says the Lord unto this people
Instead of answering the prophet directly and immediately, he first speaks to …

The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service; therefore, he would punish them according to their sins. He…

Here, the prophet begins to pray to God for the people.
He makes his case with three arguments:
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes