They sin against the God:

1. Of Creation (Jeremiah 5:22), and
2. Of Providence (Jeremiah 5:24).

Declare — publish. These words indicate, as in Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 4:16, the beginning of a fresh s…

And, alas! there are far too many of such people still around.

They hear God's Word, yet it never reaches their hearts. They see what God's h…

The Prophet confirms what he had said, so that the Jews would not think that they were only terrified by words, and not dread the consequences. The…

Declare this in the house of Jacob
That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in…

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 shows the folly of a sinful people.

1. He describes the foolishness itself: hear, O foolish people, who have no he…