The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet’s lamentation ( Jer. 14:17 , 18 ) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer. 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer. 14:17), Thus shalt thou say unto them (or concerning them , or in their hearing ), refe...