The third example, Jehoiachin. With him, all the best and noblest of the land were dragged from their homes to populate the empty places of Babylon…

Go up to Lebanon. —The great mountain ranges—Lebanon and Bashan (Psalms 68:15)—running from north to south, that overl…

Jeremiah triumphs over the Jews and derides their presumption in thinking that they would be safe, even though God was against them. He then shows …

Go up to Lebanon, and cry
These words are directed to Jerusalem and its inhabitants, and to the people of the Jews; …

The Jewish state is described under a threefold character. Very haughty in a day of peace and safety. Very fearful at the alarm of trouble. Very mu…