Thus might we procure ... - Rather, And we should commit a great evil against our own souls; that is, by putting Jeremiah to death, we shoul…

Did Hezekiah ... put him at all to death? —Literally, make him die the death, the same phrase as in Jeremiah 26:8. There …

It is uncertain whether what is recounted here was spoken before Jeremiah's acquittal or not, for Scripture does not always exactly preserve order …

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to
death ?
&c.] No, they did …

When secure sinners are threatened with the taking away of the Spirit of God and the kingdom of God, this is warranted by the word of God.

He…

1. This section describes the calming of the people’s fury against Jeremiah by the words of the elders.

   First, they present th…