The false prophets in Jeremiah’s days were so numerous and influential as to counteract and almost nullify the influence of the true prophet. We fi…

Ah, Lord God! —Literally, as in Jeremiah 1:6, Alas, my Lord (Adonaï) Jehovah! We have had in Jeremiah 5…

He says, "Lord, have pity on the people, for they are misled by their prophets. Perhaps, if these false prophets had not thus deceived them, and pu…

The Prophet no doubt relates what he had expressed in prayer to God, but he still has a reference to the people. He then prayed in the manner he no…

Then said I, Ah, Lord God !
&c.] Being grieved at heart for the people, because he was forbid to pray for them, and …

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…

1. Here, he takes up his argument from the predictions of the prophets.

1. He gives the intercession of the prophet: a, a, a