The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, spake unto Baruch, the son of Neriah, his secretary and, in a sense, his fellow-worker, WHEN HE HAD WRITTEN THESE WORDS IN A BOOK AT THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH, as the latter dictated his prophecies from the thirteenth year of Josiah to the fourth of Jehoiakim, IN THE... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH COMFORTS BARUCH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch, for even the disciple of the prophet was not spared by the Lord as far as reproving the faults of those whose welfare He sought was concerned,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! namely, on account of the hatred of his enemies, FOR THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF TO MY SORROW, that which he felt on account of the depravity of his people. I FAINTED IN MY SIGHING, AND I FIND NO REST. The grief which Baruch felt was intensified by fear for his own life... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus, Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. Cf. Jeremiah 31:28; Isaiah 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
And seekest thou great things for thyself? as the one solitary human being that thought to find himself an exception in the general destruction. SEEK THEM NOT; FOR, BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL UPON ALL FLESH, SAITH THE LORD, in a universal punishment; BUT THY LIFE WILL I GIVE UNTO THEE FOR A PREY IN A... [ Continue Reading ]