Ishmael’s conduct seems to have been dictated by the malicious desire utterly to frustrate Gedaliah’s work.

Weeping - By this artifice…

Weeping all along as he went. —The treacherous prince met them as sharing in their grief. He does not tell them of the mu…

Here Jeremiah relates another circumstance in the nefarious conduct of Ishmael: by flatteries he enticed simple men, who feared no evil, and while …

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth to Mizpah to meet them Hearing there was such a number of men upon the road t…

Those who hate the worshipers of God often put on the appearance of piety so that they may more easily hurt them. As death often meets people where…

Here, the author discu es the slaughter of the pilgrims.

1. First, he describes their appearance, noting their signs of mourning: …