We have forsaken. —Better, we have left. The English version suggests a voluntary abandonment, which is not involved in t…

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice…

We have said before that when Jeremiah addressed the people in these words, they were still in a reasonably good condition, so that the king had co…

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion
Out of the fortress of Zion, out of the city of Jerusalem, which was tho…

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…