Old cast clouts ... - Rags of torn garments and rags of worn-out garments.

Under the treasury ... —This was obviously what we would call the “lumber-room” of the palace. Nothing could show the acuteness of…

Here Jeremiah continues with the account of his deliverance. The courage of Ebedmelech should always be noticed by us, for he went immediately to t…

So Ebedmelech took the men with him The thirty men, as the king ordered: as soon as ever he had got the grant, he immedia…

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…