Jeremiah 6:16 - Exposition

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 ), the way of happiness. For though there are many pretended "ways," there is but "one way" ( Jeremiah 32:39 ) which has Jehovah's blessing ( Psalms 25:8 , Psalms 25:9 ).