Jeremiah 28

Sometimes it expresses a great and vehement asseveration, (John 6:47) Amen, Amen, Verily, Verily, I say to you. In other places it is put for an affectionate desire; (Jeremiah 28:6) When the false prophets prophesied peace, and Jeremiah pronounced war, Amen! the Lord do so, the…

Sometimes it is used adverbially, and translated, Verily: It is either an affectionate desire, Let it be; or a great asseveration, It shall be. It has in it an affectionate desire: (Jeremiah 28:6) the Prophet said, Amen, the Lord do so, the Lord perform your words, etc. When he…

In this as well as in other such cases, we should hear the voice of our own uncertainty and mortality; it is that in Ecclesiastes 9:10, Do with your might what your hand finds to do, for there is no work, nor wisdom in the grave where you are going. It is the work of the Lord, a…

For there has been nothing falsely said of God at any time, which he himself has not at some time or other, opened and revealed. Even as he did detect and discover the falsehood of the false prophet Hanan (Jeremiah 28:16), and God's heavy hand, no doubt, would long since have be…

Use 2. Learn hence to interpret the threatenings of judgement denounced by God's messengers in the best sense, when they tell you of God's wrath. Oh do not think that they tell you as they would have it, or that they take any delight in bringing such heavy tidings, but they must…