Idol - Rather, vessel. Is Coniah a mere piece of common earthenware in which the potter has no pleasure, and therefore breaks it? It is a la…

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? — Better, a broken piece of handiwork. The word is not the same as th…

Since the Prophet found it difficult to convince the Jews of what he had foretold, he confirms it; but he speaks here as if about something incredi…

[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol ? &c.] Or like an idol that is nothing in the world, and like a broken one, t…

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…

1. Here the threat against Jekoniah is presented:

1. First, he threatens captivity.

2. Second, he threatens steril…