Meaning: “Israel” is an offering consecrated to Yahweh, His firstfruits of increase. The firstfruits were God’s consecrated property, His …

Holiness unto the Lord. —The thought was that expressed in the inscription on the gold plate worn on the high priest’s fo…

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD, I remember you, the kindness…

God here more clearly condemns the ingratitude of the people. First, He enumerates His favors by which He had bound the people forever to Himself; …

Israel was holine unto the Lord When first brought out of Egypt into the wilderne , by the Lord's choice and separation of them to …

Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…

Here begins the prophecy of Jeremiah himself, now established in the prophetic office; and it is divided into three parts.