Wormwood. —As a plant, probably a species of Artemisia, four species of which are found in Palestine. In Deuteronomy 29:1…

Which their fathers taught them: therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wo…

Jeremiah now confirms what I have stated and more fully explains it: that though no teacher or disciple was found in the land, yet there was suffic…

Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,
&c.] He calls himself "the Lord God of hosts", of arm…

In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…

1. Here, the prophet threatens punishment against the people themselves.

   1. First, he specifies the punishment in terms of aff…