Backsliding Israel - The original is very strong: Have you seen Apostasy? i.e., Israel: as though Israel were the very personification of th…

The Lord said also unto me ... —The main point of the second prophecy (we might almost call it sermon), delivered, like the former, under …

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every hi…

Here the Prophet begins a new discourse: he relates what God had entrusted to him, and mentions the time, specifically in the reign of Josiah. It i…

The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, &c.] For in his time Jeremiah began to prophesy, even in the …

If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dre…

Here, he shows their contempt regarding sins of the mouth with the words behold you have spoken, which refers to words of pride. Regarding s…