From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins.

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

An arrow shot out. —Better, an arrow that pierces, or slays.

In heart. —More literally, <…

Do you wonder that Jeremiah wept? With such a true spirit, so tender and sympathetic, he could not bear it when man had become man's worst enemy, a…

The Prophet again complains of the deceitfulness of their tongues; and he compares them to deadly or drawn-out arrows. Gold is said to be drawn out…

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out
As an arrow out of a bow, which moves swiftly, and comes with great force; or, …

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, the author speaks of the wretched condition of the people regarding their punishment.

He first speaks about the sentence, an…