Upon him - Rather, against him. Israel has run away from his master’s house, but only to find himself exposed to the beasts of prey in the w…

The young lions roared ... —The real answer to the question—that Israel had forsaken its true master—is given in Jeremiah…

Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he spoiled? The young lions roared upon him and yelled, and they made his land waste: his c…

These verses are to be read together, for the Prophet first shows that Israel was not originally miserable, but that this happened through a new ca…

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled
Or, "gave out their voice" ^F5 ; meaning the kings of the nati…

Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham.

1. Here, the prophet magnifies their guilt by noting the stubbornness of their minds.

He does this for two reasons: first, because the…