The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:16
Stand ye in the ways ; literally, station yourselves on (or, by ) roads , i . e . at the meeting-point of different roads. There (as the following words state) the Jews are to make inquiry as to the old paths . Antiquity gives a presumption of rightness; the ancients were nearer to the days when God spoke with man; they had the guidance of God's two mighty "shepherds" ( Isaiah 63:11 ); they knew, far better than we, who "are but of yesterday, and know nothing" ( Job 8:9 ),... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:15
The sin against the Holy Ghost. I. THIS SIN IS SET FORTH HERE . For the sin is no one definite act, but a condition of mind which renders repentance hopeless and persistence in sin certain. But is not this the condition described in the text, described vividly, accurately? They had hardened themselves till repentance, yea, even shame, on account of "abomination" was utterly absent from them. "' They were not at all ashamed,' no tinge of it, not the least ' blush ' was... read more