Jeremiah 21:11-14

11-14. Exhortation and warning to the royal house.

12. Execute judgment] An important part of the king’s duties was to adjudicate cases of dispute in the open space at the gate of the city: cp. 2 Samuel 15:2.

13. Valley] see on Jeremiah 17:3.

14. The forest] referring to the houses of Jerusalem clustered together, or perhaps to the house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:2).