Jeremiah 26:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

A course of actions in Scripture is ordinarily called a way; in which sense we often read of the way of the Lord, the way of the wicked, the way of the righteous, & c.; and a motion in this course is usually called walking, Psalms 1:1 Ezekiel 18:9, and applied both to God and men. To walk in God's laws is expounded by hearkening unto them, or (as in other places) by observing, keeping, and doing them. God is said to have set his laws before them, both in respect of their first promulgation to them at Sinai, and writing them in tables; and the daily expositions and urging of them upon their practice by his servants the prophets, as it followeth.

Jeremiah 26:4

4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,