The reason why God so chastises His people is that as they had served “strange” (that is, foreign) gods in a land especially consecrated to Yahweh,…

When ye shall say. —The implied promise in Jeremiah 5:18 is explained. Then there shall come the backward glance at the p…

A man may often see his sin in its punishment. Because they had served strange gods, therefore the Lord sent them to serve strangers in a strange l…

It therefore appears that what I have said is true—that the Prophet did not soften what was severe in the threats we have noticed, but that he trea…

And it shall come to pass, when you shall say
That is, the people of the Jews, to whom the prophet belonged, after t…

Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they can read their sin in their punishment. If people inquire…

1. Here, he discu es their sins specifically:

• First, the sins of the subjects.
• Second, the sins of the rulers, mention…