Thou shalt surely die. —Better, as expressing the Hebrew emphasis of reduplication, Thou shalt die the death. Th…

Here the Prophet recounts what happened to him after he had declared God’s message and faithfully warned the people by adding threats, as God had c…

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of
speaking
For they let him alone…

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…

Here, he speaks of the persecution, making four points about it.

1. The hearing of the preaching: and the priests heard. …