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

Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…

Blessed is the man ... — The words that follow in Jeremiah 17:8 are almost a paraphrase of Psalm 1:3. And, we may well be…

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 order which the Prophet keeps should be observed, for he could not have spoken profitably of this second part if he had not first taken away th…

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord

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…