And they said - Better, But they say.

Imagination - Or, stubbornness, see Jeremiah 3:17.

And they said. —Better, But they say, as of continued action. This was the ever-recurring answer (see Note on Jeremiah 2:…

The Prophet is now instructed to turn his discourse to the Jews, so that he might apply the doctrine of repentance, to which he had referred; for a…

And they said, there is no hope
Or, "but they said" ^F23 ; not that there was no hope of the grace and merc…

Sinners call it liberty to live without restraint, but for a person to be a slave to their lusts is the very worst slavery. They abandoned God for …

1. Here, he speaks of the despair of those who rejected his preaching.

   • First, he mentions their desperation: we have no…