In the rest of the prophecy, Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.

Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…

Cursed be the man ... —The words are vehement and abrupt, but they burst from the prophet’s lips as proclaiming the root evil that…

Oh, the blessedness of confidence in God! You see it here set out in contrast with the misery of trusting in men. Drought comes even to this tree, …

The Prophet, I have no doubt, prefixed this sentence to many of his discourses, for it was necessary to repeat it often, as the Jews were so refrac…

Thus says the Lord
Here begins a new discourse, or part of one; or, however, another cause or reason of the ruin and…

He who puts confidence in man will be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a pitiful shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthles…

1. Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…