The proof of the hopeless immorality of the people is this: that they worship pagan deities

1. generally in the cities of Judah, and not …

Do you not see ...? —We enter on one of the darker regions of Jewish idolatry, such as Ezekiel (Jeremiah 8:0) saw in v…

Here God first shows why he ought to be implacable towards the people. The command to the Prophet not to pray for them seems at first hearing to be…

Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah
Not in one city only, but in all of and particularly the chief of…

The Jews took pride in showing zeal for their idols. Let us learn to be earnest in the service of our God, even from this bad example. Let us think…

1. Here, he excludes the remedy of prayer.

   First, he presents the decree: neither take up, even when asked by them, an…