I have made the earth ... —The pronoun is emphatic. For “upon the ground” read on the face of the earth, and for…

Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said…

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon
the ground
The earth was…

Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of…

1. Here, after presenting a clear title, the prophet refutes the false comfort offered by the prophets. He does this first in a general way,…