Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Ver. 2. Then spake Azariah.] See on Jeremiah 42:1 .
And all the proud men.] Pride is the root of rebellion. See Jeremiah 13:15. These men's pride budded, as Eze 7:10 and as the leprosy, brake forth in their foreheads. See Hosea 7:1. See Trapp on " Hos 7:1 "
Saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely.] By this foul aspersion, not proven at all, they seek to discredit his prophecy, like as the Jews do to this day the New Testament, and the Papists the Book of Martyrs and other monuments of the Church, saying of them, So many lines, so many lies.