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…

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah.—The Septuagint, it should be remembered, gives this name in Jeremiah 42:1, where the Hebrew has Jezan…

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

Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah. Perhaps the same with Jezaniah, or a brother of his, (Jeremiah 42:1);…

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 …