_BARUCH BEING DISMAYED, JEREMIAH INSTRUCTETH AND COMFORTETH HIM._ _Before Christ 606._ THIS chapter evidently belongs to the 36th; but Grotius gives a reason why the collectors of Jeremiah's prophesies placed it here. "The prophesies and histories," says he, "being finished, which belonged to the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF— "The sorrows which I felt for the threatenings denounced against my country and religion are increased by my own troubles; being sought after by the king's commands, in order to be put to death." See chap. Jeremiah 36:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, &C.— "The land and people which have so long flourished under the peculiar care of my providence, I resolve now to give up to utter destruction: (see chap. Jeremiah 31:28.) And art thou better (Jeremiah 45:5.) than the rest of my people, that thou shouldst expect to be exempted from the comm... [ Continue Reading ]