The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to a…

The Lord sent me to prophesy ... —The answer of the accused is that of all true prophets and preachers of the word, The Lord G…

Jeremiah pleads only his own calling and the command of God; and in this way he refutes the preposterous charge which they most impudently brought …

Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the
people, saying

The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this ma…

1. Here, the liberation is discu ed, and concerning this, there are two points.

First, the judgment of the princes for the liberation …