Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 1:18

18 For behold , I have made thee this day a defenced city , and an iron pillar and brazen walls against the whole land , agai[illegible: 1 letter]st the kings of Judah; against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

H[illegible: 1 letter]b. For I, lo, q. d. for my part▪ I will not fail to do what I have promised, to stand by thee.

Heb. City of def[illegible: 1 letter]nce impregnable, which the two following expressions do import▪ it should be supported with

Pillars, not of Wood, but of Iron.

And encompassed with walls, not of Stone but of Brass, noting hereby both great uprightness, and also strength.

i. e. All its inhabitants in general, none to be spared, as he doth particularly rank them in their several degrees in the following words, intimating hereby, that though men of all degrees should set themselves against him, yet God would support him against them all, and that he would carry him through his work, though his troubles and tryals would not be only great, but long, viz. passing through several Kings Reigns, therefore p[illegible: 1 letter]ssibly said Kings here in the plural.

Marginal references: Isa. 5[illegible: 1 letter].7. chap. 6.27. a[illegible: 1 letter]d 15.20.