Jeremiah 16

^{2 !} The Lord forbidding Jeremiah to marie, sheweth him what shulde be the afflictions upon Judah.

^{2 a} Meaning, that the affliction shulde be so horrible in Jerusalem, that wife, and children shulde but increase his sorowe.

^{5 b} Signifying that the affliction shulde be so great that one shulde not haue leasure to comfort another.

^{6 c} That is, shulde not rent their clothes in signe of mourning.

^{7 d} For in these great extremities all consolation & comfort shalbe in vaine.

^{10 e} Because the wicked are alwaies rebellious and dissemble their owne sinnes, & murmur against Gods judgements as thogh he had no just cause to punish them, he sheweth him what to answer.

^{13 !} The captiuitie of Babylon.

^{15 f} Signifying the benfite of their deliuerance out of Babylon shulde be so great, that it shulde abolish the remembrance of their deliuerance from Egypt: but he hathe here chiefly respect to the spiritual deliuerance vnder Christ.

^{15 !} Their deliuerance.

^{16 g} By the fishers and hunters are ment the Babylonians and Caldeans who shulde destroy them in such sort that if they escape the one, the other shulde take them.

^{18 h} That is their sonnes & daughters, which they offred to Molech.

^{19 i} He wondereth at the great mercie of God in this deliuerance, which shal not onely extend to the Jewes, but also the Gentiles.

^{19 k} Our fathers were most vile idolaters: therefore it cometh onely of Gods mercie, that he performeth his promes, & hathe not vtterly cast vs of.

^{19 !} The calling of the Gentiles.

^{21 l} They shal once againe fele my power, & mercie for their deliuerance, that thei may learne to worship me.