What is our iniquity? ... —Now, as before (Jeremiah 5:19), the threats of judgment are met with words of real or affec…

He shows here what we have seen elsewhere—that the people flattered themselves in their vices, so that they could not be turned by any admonitions,…

And it shall come to pass, when you shall show this people
all these words
Or, "all t…

This seems to be the language of those who dispute the word of God and, instead of humbling and condemning themselves, justify themselves, as if Go…

Here, he gives the cause of the previously mentioned punishment.

First, he poses the question: why has the LORD spoken all this great…