Because of swearing - Rather, because of the curse denounced against sin (Jeremiah 11:3). The mourning probably refers to the dr…

The land is full of adulterers. — The context shows that the words must be taken literally, and not as referring to the spiritual adultery…

It is an awful thing when wickedness abounds even in the house of God; and it is feared that, in many places, the church of the present day is not …

Jeremiah now assigns the reason why he was so much horrified by the insensibility which he observed in the prophets. If things were in good order, …

For the land is full of adulterers
Of such as were guilty of corporeal adultery, and of spiritual adultery, which is…

The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…

Here, he speaks of the threat against the prophets, as the title itself declares. The commentary is structured in two main parts:

1. The …