_THE ELEGY ON SHALLUM_ ‘Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.’ Jeremiah 22:10 This exquisite little elegy, which was sung for many years in the city of Jerusalem, has a music and a pathos which... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BAD FOUNDATION_ ‘Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice.’ Jeremiah 22:13 (R.V.) I. THIS DENUNCIATION WAS PROBABLY AGAINST THE KING HIMSELF.—But it has a much fuller reference. He was the godless son of a godly father, whose character is sketched... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY_ ‘I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not My voice.’ Jeremiah 22:21 Nine centuries after Moses’ day the prophet of the broken heart utters the Divine complaint—‘I spake to the... [ Continue Reading ]