1 b Which was a citie in Judah six miles from Bethlehem, {2 Chro. 11, 6}.
1 a He speaketh to them chiefly because thei shuld take heade by the example of their brethren the other halfe of their tribe, which were now carried away prisoners.
1 ! The comming of the Assyrians and Caldeans.
2 d I haue intreated her fentely & giuen her abundance of all things.
3 e She shalbe so destroied, that the shepe may be fed in her.
4 f He speaketh this in the persone of the Babylonians, which complaine that the time faileth them before thei haue broght their enterpreises to passe.
7 g He sheweth the cause why it shulde by destroyed & how it cometh of them selues.
8 h He warneth them to amend by his corrections, & to turne to him by repentance.
9 i He exhorteth the Babylonians to be diligent to searche out all & to leaue none.
10 k Thei delite to heare vayne things & to shut vp their cares to true doctrine.
11 l As the Lord had giuen him his worde to be as a fyre of his indignation to burne the wicked, {Chap. 5, 14} so he dindeleth it now when he seeth that all remedies are past.
14 n When the people began to feare Gods judgements, the false Prophetes comforted them by flatterings, shewing that God wolde send peace and warre.
15 / Ebr. them that fall.
16 ! He exhorteth the Jewes to repentance.
16 o Wherein the patrarkes and Prophets walked, directed by the worde of God: signifying that there is no true way, but that which God prescribeth.
17 p Prophetes which shulde warne you of the dangers that were at hand.
18 q God taketh all the worlde to witnes and the insensible creatures of the ingratitude of the Jewes.
20 r Read {Isa. 1, 11} & {Amos. 5, 21}.
22 s From Babylon by Dan, which was North from Jerusalem.
24 t For feare of the enemie, he speaketh this in the persone of the Jewes.
27 u Meaning Jeremiah, whom God had appointed to trie out the godlie from the wicked as a founder doeth the pure mettal from the drosse.
29 x All the paine & labour that hathe bene taken with them, is lost.