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I will pour ... - that is, their wickedness will be brought home to them.

That seems to be a hard answer to Jeremiah's pleading; what is the prophet to do now? God gives him another message to deliver to the people:

Jeremiah, after having declared to the false prophets that, since they had deceived the people by their flatteries, they would have to suffer the p…

And the people to whom they prophesy
That is, such of them as gave credit to their prophecies: shall be …

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.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes