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…

Therefore now amend your ways ...— The prophet’s apologia consists in repeating the substance of his message. He…

He not only confirms here what he had taught, but also rebukes the hardness and obstinate wickedness of the priests and prophets. For though he add…

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings. Make them good; leave your evil ways, and walk in good ways; forsake your …

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 …