The residue of the elders – that is, the elders who were still alive.

These are the words. —The prophecy in this chapter was addressed to those whom we may describe as the first of the Babylonian exil…

Here the Prophet begins a new discourse, namely that he not only cried out constantly in Jerusalem, urging the Jews who still remained there to rep…

Now these [are] the words of the letter that Jeremiah the
prophet sent from Jerusalem
…

The written word of God is as truly given by inspiration of God as His spoken word. The zealous servant of the Lord will use every means to benefit…

1. Here, he refutes the false consolations of the prophets who were consoling the captives in Babylonia.

1. He refutes their false…