Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Ver. 5. The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us.] Did these men know what it was so solemnly to swear a thing? Or were they stark atheists, thus to promise that with an oath which they never meant to perform?
“ At sperate Deum memorem fandi atque nefandi. ”
Their king, Zedekiah, paid dearly for his perjury to God and men.