And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
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Interpretation
The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 14:13-16.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.