For the mountains ... —The Hebrew preposition means both “upon” and “on account of,” and probably both meanings were impl…

The prophet pictures what the Chaldeans would do. They would not only destroy the cities, but they would even rob the hills of their cattle, and sw…

The Prophet had exhorted others to lament and to bewail. He now comes forward as though no one had ears to pay attention to his admonition. Since h…

For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing
Because of the desolation of them; because no pasture upon th…

Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without c…

Here, the prophet specifies their punishment in detail.

1. He first defines the punishment. Regarding this point, he addre es three thing…