The effect upon the Jewish people of the news of Nebuchadnezzar's approach.

Become weak — Are relaxed. It is the opposite of what is …

We have heard the fame. —Another dramatic impersonation of the cry of terror from the dwellers in Jerusalem, when they he…

Jeremiah proceeds in the same manner; for he sets the judgment of God before the eyes of the Jews and draws them, as it were, against their will, i…

We have heard the fame thereof
Meaning not the prophet's report then, but the rumour of the enemy's coming from anot…

God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…

1. Here, he describes the coming of the enemy explicitly.

First, he describes the nature of the enemy.

Second, the incorrigibi…