William Kelly Major Works Commentary - Jeremiah 6:1 - 6:30

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William Kelly Major Works Commentary - Jeremiah 6:1 - 6:30


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Jeremiah Chapter 6



Jeremiah 6. This concluding portion of the charge adds to the terrors of the scene, first, by the call to the Benjamites to quit the doomed city. Zion was but a comely and delicate woman, incapable of defending her neighbours. Next, the prophet commissions the besiegers to come against Jerusalem; and this for universal covetousness and deceit. Such would be the eagerness of her wasters, that neither the heat of noon would delay them, nor the darkness of night, to the deep discouragement of those beleaguered. No: Jerusalem would not be instructed. The word of Jehovah is to them a reproach. Wounds were slightly healed with a "Peace, peace," where there was none. They would neither go the good old way, nor attend to the warning of new woes. (Ver. 1-17.) "Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it." (Ver. 18, 19.) Their offerings were not acceptable. The northern foe is coming. Let Jerusalem gird herself with sackcloth. But if the Lord makes Jeremiah a fortress, the people are no better than reprobate silver, rejected of Him.