From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins.

(Jeremiah 9:2) The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared hi…

Take ye heed ... —The extreme bitterness of the prophet’s words is explained in part by what we read afterwards of his personal history ([…

It was an evil time indeed when, even in the domestic circle, there could be no brotherly confidence. Every brother will utterly supplant.…

In this verse, the Prophet describes the extreme wickedness of the people. Although thefts, robberies, frauds, slaughters, perjuries, and sorceries…

Take heed everyone of your neighbour
Take care of being imposed upon by them, since they are so given to lying and d…

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…

1. Here, he shows their obstinacy in sins that are directly against their neighbor.

First, he speaks of his own compa ion regarding t…