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

Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…

Shall not see when heat cometh. —Another reading, followed by the Septuagint and Vulgate, gives shall not fear; …

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…

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters
Not as a "heath or shrub", but as a "tree", a green olive tree, a palm tree, a…

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…