Jeremiah’s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in (Jeremiah 21:4–7). So hopeless is resistance that the disab…

Deceive not yourselves ... —Literally, Deceive not your souls. The words indicate that the king and his counselo…

The Prophet confirms the former verse, and it was indeed necessary that this should be added. For though Zedekiah might not have freed himself from…

For though you had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you Even if the whole army of the Chaldeans…

Many people witness the fatal effects of other people's sins, yet heedlessly step into their places and follow the same destructive course.

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1. Here, he speaks of the occasion for his action: and there divide his property, which he had purchased—that is, to mark it…