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The tribe of Benjamin (and it was united with the tribe of Judah) is commanded by God (Jer. 6:1) to “blow the trumpet” and be ready for the militia; because enemies are rushing towards Jerusalem from the north. He calls this city beautiful and luxurious 3 - wonderful, in beauty; buildings, and luxurious, due to the delicacy of its inhabitants. Jer.6:3. The shepherds and their flocks will come and set up tabernacles therein, and each one will feed with his own hand. your flock. The Prophet calls the kings who took up arms together with Nebuchadnezzar “shepherds”; “in herds” are the troops they lead. And with this he depicted the siege of Jerusalem. Then he talks about midday militias, about evening invasions, about night attacks on Jerusalem, and commands that it be cut down like a barren forest, because it is all false (Jer. 6:6) “and all violence is in it.” And this is similar to what was said above. Jer.6:7. Just as he creates a store of water for a cold person, so he creates evil for a cold person my. The city, dedicated to God, and accepting those living lawlessly into itself, was supposed to teach the love of truth; and now he is accused of the opposite, namely, that he became a teacher of wickedness, and just as a well changes the quality of the water into coldness, so he turns those who come into it into evil ones. The Prophet calls a city not buildings, but inhabitants. “Dishonesty and dirty tricks will always be heard in him over his face.” They were not afraid of my presence, but before My sight they dared to commit all wickedness. Then he exhorts and gives advice: Jer.6:8. You have been punished with weakness and plagues, O Jerusalem; May my soul not depart from You, may I not make you an impenetrable land, an uninhabited land. And this makes it possible to see the ineffable love of the Lord; for, threatening Jerusalem with woeful events, he promises deliverance from them if he corrects himself. But since he did not accept admonition, he calls on the grape pickers - enemies, commands them to gather all the inhabitants like the fruit of the grape (Jer. 6:9), and explains the reason. Jer.6:10. To whom will I speak and testify and hear? Behold, their ears were not circumcised, and they were not able to hear: behold, the word of the Lord came to them as reproach, and they did not receive it. Uncircumcised calls the ears, accepting everything indiscriminately. Such were the ears of the Jews. Willingly accepting what the false prophets told them as pleasant for them, they did not want to listen to the words of God, they mocked and mocked the Prophets. Then God shows the immensity of His long-suffering. Jer.6:11. I fulfilled My wrath, and endured, and did not put an end to them; that is, he decided to punish them, but again received pity and mercy. However, he threatens to subject both young and old, husbands and wives to general punishment; because everyone in general loved lawlessness, even those who were worthy of the priesthood along with those who dared to foretell what is false. It also tells what they dared to do. Jer.6:14. And for the purpose of erasure people with dishonor “humiliating” Me “and saying: peace, peace.” Then he asks: “and where is the world!” These ailments, says the Prophet, had to be cured by more severe means, and the false prophets irritated them with promises of peace. Therefore, where is the fulfillment of words? Instead of peace they see final destruction. But it also shows the excessiveness of their shamelessness; for even when they are put to shame, as having predicted a lie, they do not come to shame. For this is what the Prophet says: Jer.6:15. Below, like being put to shame, he was ashamed, and did not recognize his dishonor. However, the Prophet continues, over time they will be punished for everything they dared to do. “When they visit,” they will faint, “said the Lord.” After this, the disobedience of the Jews reveals and foreshadows the calling of the Gentiles. (Jer.6:16). “This says the Lord: stand on the path, and see, and ask about the eternal paths: and you see which is the good way, and walk in it, and you will find” sanctification “in your souls.” There are many ways; these are the holy Prophets, but the truly good path is our Lord himself. For we hear, He says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). Each of the prophetic paths leads to this path; The lawgiver Moses also indicates it, saying: “The Lord your God will raise up for you prophets from your brethren like Me,” and so on (Deut. 18:15). And David, the king and the Prophet, and Isaiah, and Micah, and Ezekiel, and each of the Prophets point to the same path. And just as there is one path leading to the great cities, which we are accustomed to calling kings and kings, several paths from villages and villages go to it: so there is one path leading to the Father - the Only Begotten Son of God; The blessed Prophets, like certain paths, lead to this path those who wish to follow these paths. Therefore, the prophetic word commands the Jews to explore the prophetic paths, and through them to find out the good path, and to follow it. But the Jews, according to custom, contradict and do not do what is commanded. “Rekosha: we will not go,” the Prophet said. However, he also offers them other advice: Jer.6:17. I will place guards over you: hear the sound of the trumpet. Guardians again names the Prophets themselves, for God also says to Ezekiel: “I have given you a guard to the house of Israel” (Ezek. 3:17); and he calls the apostolic sermon “a trumpet.” But these were also foretold by those called guards. However, the Jews again contradict and openly say: “We will not listen.” Therefore, the Prophet, pointing out their opposition, predicts the obedience of the pagans. Jer.6:18. For this reason, having heard the Gentiles, and the herding flocks they have. “Shepherds” he calls the people’s leaders, and not only those honored with spiritual power, but also kings and princes. For they too accepted the divine preaching. So did the divine Apostles, Barnabas and Paul; for, having entered one synagogue, and talked about many things with the Jews, when they later saw their unbelief, they said: “You should not have spoken the word of God first: but since you have rejected and are unworthy of creating for yourself an eternal life, behold, we are turned into tongues. This is the Lord’s commandment to us: “I have set You as a light with my tongue, so that you may be saved even to the last of the earth” (Acts 13:46,47). Therefore, the event agrees with the prediction. Meanwhile, here the prophetic word threatens the rebellious Jews with punishment commensurate with their resistance; and also prohibits regulated worship. Jer.6:20. Vskaya I received incense from Sava bring, and “kinamon from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not pleasing, and your sacrifices do not please Me.” If even then, as the law was in force, this was recognized as unnecessary; then in vain did the Jews go mad, after the abolition of the law, they tried to deal with the excesses of the law, as if it were something necessary. Again the Prophet predicts (Jer. 6:21) the “sickness” by which they were bound, not only forced into slavery, but also becoming hated by everyone. After this, he begins a prophecy about the king of Babylon, and about the kings who took up arms with him and describes their strength, their weapons, cruelty and brutality of character. It also speaks of the fear of the Jews. For he says: Jer.6:24. Our hands are weakened, sorrow embraces us, illnesses like those of childbirth. And he commands not to leave the cities, because the enemies have surrounded them. And he commands Jerusalem to put on sackcloth, sprinkle ashes on her head, and lament as for her only child. Then God gives the command to the Prophet to consider the iniquities of the Jews. For he says: Jer.6:27. The tempter dah in the people My prisoners, “and” “hang them, never tempt” you “their way;” that is, do not labor, and do not go around many cities and towns; because, due to the war, everyone is gathered in Jerusalem. God shows the Prophet the corruption of their hearts. Jer.6:28. All those who disobey and walk obstinately, as “copper and iron are all corruption;” that is, they are unclean due to impurity, they do not have anything good in themselves. Jer.6:29. The fur is dry from the fire, Lead is running low, “the forger forges silver in vain,” “for their wickedness has not faded away. “Forge” is what the Prophet calls the admonishing word, “fire” and lead – the very punishment; and “by fur” is a divine judgment by which punishment is imposed. For it is the custom of silversmiths, when they want to purify silver, to put lead into it so that they can remove all the mixture. Therefore, the Lord says: I used all sorts of methods, wanting to make a change in them, I gave them various admonitions; but they remain unhealed. Why does he add: Jeremiah 6:30. The silver is rejected, dart them, like the Lord God “rejects them.” He continues the same allegory and says: not a single method overcame their cunning. He says this, blaming not nature, but will; because He Himself is the Creator of nature, and would not blame what He created. The Jews themselves were the culprits of their arbitrariness. These names are read in the Hebrew text; According to the translation, the seventy-second verse reads like this: “Your height of the daughter of Zion will be taken away.”