431 When Jeremiah had finished telling the people all the words of the Lord their God-everything the Lord had sent him to tell them-
431 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
431 When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had sent him to them,
431 When Jeremiah finished telling all the people the whole Message that their God had sent him to give them - all these words -
431 Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words,
431 When Jeremiah had finished giving this message from the Lord their God to all the people,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 43:1
Commentary on Jeremiah 43:1-7
(Read Jeremiah 43:1-7)
Only by pride comes contention, both with God and man. They preferred their own wisdom to the revealed will of God. Men deny the Scriptures to be the word of God, because they are resolved not to conform themselves to Scripture rules. When men will persist in sin, they charge the best actions to bad motives. These Jews deserted their own land, and threw themselves out of God's protection. It is the folly of men, that they often ruin themselves by wrong endeavours to mend their situation.