Jeremiah 42:2

be accepted For mg. See on Jeremiah 36:7.

then spake Azariah See on ch. Jeremiah 42:1.

all the proud men, saying The word in MT. ("ômĕrim) corresponding to "saying" here does not represent the ordinary Hebrew idiom. We should therefore, by a slight change in the original, read the proud and defiant(hammôrim) men.

Thou speakest falsely, etc.] The attack upon Baruch, and only indirectly and through him upon the prophet, may have arisen from their being reluctantly compelled to acknowledge that Jeremiah himself at any rate was possessed of integrity of purpose. This he had shewn by his refusal to seek protection and honourable treatment from the Chaldaeans, whose favour the worse section of his countrymen always suspected him of seeking.