Jeremiah 52

But admit, they should prove civil and hopeful children, yet might you not live to see more misery come upon them, than you could endure to see? O think what a sad and doleful sight was that to Zedekiah (Jeremiah 52:10), the King of Babylon brought his children and slew them bef…

And from Zedekiah's captivity to Darius's decree (Ezra 6) 70 years. And from the last carrying away of all (Jeremiah 52:30) to the finishing and dedication of the Temple, was also 70 years. So also the Prophecies of Babylon's destruction were fulfilled by several steps.

You Lord [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩] wilt not with-hold, or restrain your mercy from me. So also to shut up, or put a stop to; as Jeremiah 52:3, Haggai 1:10, 1 Samuel 25:33, Psalm 88:9. From there is [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩] Carcer, a prison wherein men are put under restrain…

The bearing of burdens in the vineyard, in the heat of the day, is spoken of as the greatest weight, and heaviest piece of their work. 2. That her suffering was reproachful; for the keeping of the vineyards was a base and contemptible service, therefore it's said (Jeremiah 52:16…

God spoke terribly, though not so terribly to Jerusalem, when he suffered their city to be set on fire by the Babylonians, and their temple to be burnt to the ground. See (Jeremiah 52:12-13). But the most fearful instances of God's terrible voice by fire are yet to come: Thus Go…

Thus God many ways manifesting his indignation against the Jews, they had just cause even with fasting to humble themselves all those times: and because they felt the smart of every one of those strokes all the time of the captivity, they continued (as there was just cause) thei…