Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:18-19
18, 19. God makes appeal to three witnesses the nations, the congregation, the earth. As, his own people had turned away alike from his commands and entreaties, he now calls upon the “nations.” The word “congregation” is here used in a universal sense, but one of great impressiveness and solemnity. Instead of confining the term, as is most common, to the assembly of the faithful, God now applies it to the totality of the heathen world. He speaks as the God of the universe to all the men... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:16
JUSTIFICATION OF THEIR OVERTHROW IN THEIR STUBBORN RESISTANCE, Jeremiah 6:16-21. 16. Ask for the old paths The one remedy for all apostasy call back the old times. In what path did your holy and heroic fathers walk? Go back where the ways meet, and again enter those everlasting paths. read more