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…

Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us. —This was the solution that occurred to the suspicions of the grumbl…

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

But Baruch the son of Neriah sets thee on against us
First they charge the prophet with a lie, and deny his mission …

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 …