6. Amen —Jeremiah prays for the people, though constrained to prophesy against them ( :- ). The event was the appointed test between contradictory predictions ( Deuteronomy 18:21 ; Deuteronomy 18:22 ). "Would that what you say were true!" I prefer the safety of my country even to my own estimation. The prophets had no pleasure in announcing God's judgment, but did so as a matter of stern duty, not thereby divesting themselves of their natural feelings of sorrow for their country's woe. Compare Exodus 32:32 ; Romans 9:3 , as instances of how God's servants, intent only on the glory of God and the salvation of the country, forgot self and uttered wishes in a state of feeling transported out of themselves. So Jeremiah wished not to diminish aught from the word of God, though as a Jew he uttered the wish for his people [CALVIN]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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