We see that there was some regard for religion in the princes, for they submitted to hear and respectfully received the Prophet’s servant. Had Jere…

And they said to him, sit down now^F17 Or, "pray sit down"; they received him very courteously, and treated him with grea…

Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to its power.

Here, the declaration to the princes is given.

1. Concerning the writing of the prophecy and making its meaning known to the princes: …