These captains belonged to the party who had all along resisted Jeremiah’s counsel and had led Zedekiah astray. Now, however, that events had prove…

Here the Prophet continues with the remaining part of the narrative. He says that the whole people obstinately persevered in their wicked …

And it came to pass, [that] when Jeremiah had made an end of
speaking unto all the people<…

Only by pride does contention come, both with God and humankind. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. People deny that the …