Thirty men - So large a number suggests that Zedekiah expected some resistance. (Some read “three” men.)

Take from hence thirty men. —The number seems a large one for the purpose, especially when we consider that the men were …

We see here, as I have already said, that the Prophet’s deliverance was entirely from above. The king, stricken with fear, had recently handed over…

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian
Being affected with the case of the prophet; and repenting of the le…

Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers …

This section shows the persecution of the prophet because of his true prediction, and it is divided into three parts.

1. First, he gi…