The broad places - The open spaces next to the gates, and other places of gathering.

A man - Or, anyone.

He who exec…

Run ye to and fro. —The dark shades of the picture seem at first hardly to belong to the reign of Josiah, which is brough…

It was a very wonderful offer, on the part of God, to forgive the inhabitants of the whole city of Jerusalem for the sake of one man; and it was al…

In this verse, as in those which follow, God shows that he was not too rigid or too severe in denouncing utter ruin on his people, because their wi…

Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem
These are the words of the Lord, not to the prophet only, but to…

None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises.

Here, he excludes the remedies in which they might have been able to trust: