Prepare—that is, consecrate; see the note on Jeremiah 6:4.

Your choice cedars—the chief members of the royal lineage and the l…

I will prepare destroyers. —The verb, as in Jeremiah 6:4, implies the idea of a solemn appointment or consecration.

He expresses the manner, for he had only said before that the ruin of the city Jerusalem was near at hand. He adds that destroyers would c…

And I will prepare destroyers against you
The Chaldeans, men of savage dispositions, bent upon the destruction of th…

The king of Judah is spoken to, as sitting upon the throne of David, the man after God's own heart. Let him follow his example, that he may have th…

1. Here, he makes a threat against the kings, according to which they are to be punished in their own person. Concerning this, he makes thre…