Earnest as the preceding expostulation was, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last …

Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra ... —The fate of the Egyptian king is announced, coming, as it did, before that of the…

Jeremiah seals his prophecy by adding a sign which, however, was to be coincident with it. It was not then, as they say, a premonstrative sign. And…

Thus says the Lord, behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt
Pharaoh was a common name of the kings of Egypt, who usual…

Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not.

Since they were d…