Make void - The verb used here is that from which “bottle” (Jeremiah 19:1) is derived, and as it represents the sound made by th…

I will make void. —The Hebrew verb (bakak) is onomatopoetic, representing the gurgling sound of water flowing from the mo…

This amplification further provoked the people, because they vainly trusted that this place would be a fortress for them. For, as we have already s…

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in
this place
The counsel whi…

The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the j…

Here, the full punishment is threatened.

1. First, he gives the place of the preaching: to the valley of the sons of Hinnom, whic…