And has kindled a fire ... —The phrase is partly literal (2 Chronicles 36:19), partly figurative, for the com…

He finally concludes that nothing was lacking to complete the extreme vengeance of God. For if the Jews had been chastised in an ordinary way, they…

The Lord has accomplished his fury which rose up in his mind, and which he purposed in himself to bring upon the sinful p…

What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Ch…

Here the prophet weeps over the captivity and destruction of the city.

In this passage, he addresses three points:

1. First, he pr…