The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented . I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond contradiction; it was the greatest absurdity imaginable in them to think of denying it (Jer. 2:29): “Wherefore will you plead with me, and put me upon the proof of it, or wherefore will you go about to ple...