Jeremiah 21:14

The forest] referring to the houses of Jerusalem clustered together, or perhaps to the house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:2).

Jeremiah's Thirteenth Prophecy

A collection of short prophecies here forming one group, delivered, however, at various dates, and perhaps reissued with modifications from time to time to suit the needs of successive occasions.

Jeremiah 21:11 to Jeremiah 22:30 deal with the sins of succèssive kings, Jeremiah 23:1 give expression to Messianic hopes. Jeremiah 24:1 show by the figure of baskets of worthless figs the rottenness to which the state had been reduced under Zedekiah.