A second earnest interce ion, acknowledging the wickedne of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s almighty power.

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Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? —The heart of the patriot overpowers even the conviction of the prophet, and, though fo…

That is not exactly praying, but it is very like it. Jeremiah is asking the Lord whether he can really have cast off his people.

The Prophet now turns to prayer and to complaints, so that by his example he might finally rouse the people to lamentation. His aim was that they m…

Have you utterly rejected Judah? &c.] The prophet, though forbid, proceeds to prayers and expostulations on account of th…

Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idol…

He begins his argument from the people's former love. Regarding this, there are four points.