As what follows is mainly a historical narrative, it seems that the title “The word ...” was appropriate not only to a prediction of the future but…

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord. —It is noticeable that this introduction is not followed by any specific utterance o…

Here Jeremiah elaborates on what he had briefly touched upon before. The Hebrews were accustomed, in a few words, to state the substance of the who…

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord
The word of prophecy, as the Targum; but there being no prophecy in th…

The captain of the guard seems to exult that he had been God's instrument to fulfill what Jeremiah had been God's messenger to foretell. Many can s…

1. Having spoken of the destruction of the city and the captivity of the people, he speaks of the well-being of the remnant.

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