The standard - A flag or signal, to which the people were to rally. Retire, stay not - Rather, gather your goods together: linger no…

Set up the standard toward Zion. —Still the language of alarm. The words are as a command, “Raise the signal which shall point to …

This was a terrible prophecy. The Chaldeans, who had broken to pieces so many other kingdoms and powers, were on their way. The lion enraged, had l…

Jeremiah treats his own people here with more severity, for he saw that they were rebellious and so obstinate in their vices that they could not by…

Set up the standard toward Zion
Not on the tower of Zion, as Kimchi interprets it; but on some high place, pointing …

The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…

1. Here, the prophet addresses the topic of their turning from punishment.

1. He threatens punishments if they do not return.
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