But if they be prophets ... —The rivals of Jeremiah had, as has been said, staked their credit upon the return of the vessels that had alr…

Here the Prophet ridicules the foolish confidence with which the false prophets were puffed up, when they promised all happiness in the future. The…

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them The true prophets of the Lord are sent by him, and have…

Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, to…

^27:20 which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take when he carried away Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem…