Render, And I will make thee serve thine enemies in a land thou knewest not.

For a fire ... - See the marginal reference. T…

I will make you to pass with your enemies ... —The Hebrew text is probably corrupt, and a slight variation of the reading…

He pursues the same subject. He had said that they would be exposed as a prey to their enemies, so that all their wealth would be plundered with im…

And I will make you to pass with your enemies
Not Jeremiah, but the Jews, to whom these words are continued. The mea…

Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they should have blessed him and thanked God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to th…

1. Here, the prophet prays for himself, as if despairing of the people.

   1. He gives his own lament and then describes the disc…