They sin against the God:

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

The Lord our God, that gives rain ... —In the climate of Palestine, as it is now, there are not two distinct rainy season…

Though God gives timely and suitable seasons for the growth and gathering of the grain—rain when it is needed to aid the springing up of the blade,…

The Prophet, in other words, proves here that the Jews had been justly charged with perverseness: he says that it did not come to their mi…

Neither say in their heart It came not into their mind, they never once thought of it, namely, of what follows, <…

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.