Jeremiah summons the people to lament over the miserable consequences of their rejection of God. In the valley of Hinnom, where lately they offered…

In the house which is called by my name.— This had been done by Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:2), and after the Templ…

Lest the Jews should murmur and complain that God was too rigorous, the Prophet adds, that they were not given up to destruction without the juste…

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says
the Lord
Meaning not a sin…

As a token both of sorrow and of slavery, Jerusalem must be degraded and separated from God, as she had been separated to him.

The heart is t…

Here, he threatens them with punishment.

1. He prefigures it with a sign: cut off your hair. As in Ezekiel 5:2, you shal…