A patriot for man, a prophet for God, do you marvel that he wept?

As he had said that the Jews were following what they had received from their fathers, so he says now that God would scatter them among nations…

I will scatter them also among the Heathen Besides the bitter judgments of famine and pestilence during the siege, what r…

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…