The siege of Jerusalem began in Zedekiah’s ninth year (Jeremiah 39:1), but was temporarily raised upon the approach of an Egyptian army…

In the tenth year of Zedekiah ... —We are carried over a period of six years from the prophecy of Jeremiah 28:1 to 589 B.C. By thi…

So you see that Jeremiah was imprisoned at the time mentioned here. Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had treated him very harshly because of his faithf…

The Prophet here declares that, though he was shut up in prison, the Word of God was not bound. He states that he himself was no less free in his c…

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord

The word of prophecy, as the Targum, concerning Jeremiah's buying the…

Jeremiah, while in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify that although Jerusalem was besieged and the whole cou…

1. Here, he consoles them through an action.

   First, he indicates the time of the prophecy by referencing the king's reign: in the…