Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
Ver. 27. So they left off speaking with him.] Indigni utique qui ultra monerentur. The princes were far worse than the king, a who yet himself was one of the best. They therefore were slain by the Babylonian princes, when the king's life was preserved, though with the loss of his eyes, which yet might be a means to open the eyes of his mind.
a In una impietate solum stabiles.