THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAH. =With a Sketch of His Life and Times.= BY THE REV. C. J. BALL, M.A., _Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn_; CONTRIBUTOR TO BISHOP ELLICOTT'S "COMMENTARY," "THE SPEAKER'S COMMENTARY," ETC. =New York:= A. C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 714 BROADWAY. 1890. CONTENTS. PAGE PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JEREMIAH 1 I. THE CALL AND CONSECRATION 58 II. THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT 74 III. ISRAEL AND JUDAH--A CONTRAST 114 IV. THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD 134 V. POPULAR AND TRUE RELIGION 149 VI. THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL 215 VII. THE BROKEN COVENANT 248 VIII. THE FALL OF PRIDE 280 IX. THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS 300 X. THE SABBATH--A WARNING 364 XI. THE DIVINE POTTER 377 XII. THE BROKEN VESSEL--A SYMBOL OF JUDGMENT 398 XIII. JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION 411 PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JEREMIAH.