Their cry (that is) – prayer offered aloud.

Oblation – A meat-offering (Leviticus 2:1).

The sword, famin…

An oblation. —The minchah or meat-offering of Leviticus 2:1. We need not assume that the fast and the sacrifice were nece…

After being long provoked, God at last determines that he will punish the rebellious nation, and he seems, as it were, to set Jeremiah aside; now t…

God first forbids the Prophet to pray for the people, as we have previously seen (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14). But we mu…

When they fast, I will not hear their cry^F11 ; very probably on account of the want of rain, and the dearth or…

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.