The temple of the Lord - Thrice repeated, to emphasize the rejection of the cry constantly on the lips of the false prophets. In their view,…

Trust ye not in lying words ... —The emphatic threefold repetition of the words thus condemned, “The temple of the Lord,”…

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye thoroughly am…

Here the Prophet gives a short account of the sermon in which he severely reproved the people, because his labor had been useless, even though he h…

Trust you not in lying words
In the words of the lying prophets, as the Targum; and to the same purpose is the Arabi…

No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…

1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of a istance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addre e…