Jeremiah 44:4

Jer 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Ver. 4. Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants. ] Here the badness of men and goodness of God come equally to be considered.

Saying, O do not this abominable thing which I hate. ] It were happy if this saying of God were always shrilly sounding in our ears, whenever we are about to do anything that is evil; it would surely be a notable retentive from vice.