For - See the margin. It is enough to place the command side by side with the state of Jerusalem to show how contrary it is to all the rules…

They are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and …

Here then at last the Prophet reveals his own perplexity. We have already stated the reason why he made so long an introduction before he came to t…

And you have said to me, O Lord God
Or, "O Lord God, yet you have said to me" ^F2 ; notwithstanding this i…

Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. Whenever we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to firs…

1. Here, he wonders at the divine command: and you say to me . . . buy a field? This is astonishing, because it is not a time fo…