This prophecy on the observance of the Sabbath is the first of a series of short predictions, probably arranged in chronological order among themse…

Kings and princes. —The plural is obviously used to give greater vividness and grandeur to the picture of revived majesty…

Jeremiah introduced, as I have said, a condemnation concerning the fathers, so that he might make the Jews of his age ashamed of themselves, lest t…

Then shall there enter into the gates of this city In a very public and splendid manner: kings and princes, s…

The prophet was to present to the rulers and the people of Judah the command to keep the Sabbath day holy. Let them strictly observe the fourth com…

1. Here, the prophet calls the people back to practicing their original religion regarding the commandment to observe the Sabbath. This is t…