It thus appears that Jeremiah considered only the common benefit of the people, and that he wisely kept silent for a time, so that he might not thr…

Go and tell Hananiah, saying, thus says the Lord
Whose name he had abused; whose prophet he had ill treated; and who…

Hananiah is sentenced to die, and Jeremiah, when he has received direction from God, boldly tells him so; but not before he received that commissio…