according to the Zwickau manuscript. *)
From lectures given from August 13 to about September 10, 1525. Printed in 1886.
Translated from Latin.
This prophet is easily and completely clear, since he himself describes at what time and from what cause he prophesied. Like the previous prophets, he prophesies very clearly and with quite open and many words about the kingdom of Christ. The kingdom of Judah was to be destroyed by the Chaldeans, but in such a way that this far most valuable kingdom was to be restored. A very great faith is required, because they will be led away into captivity against the revealed promise of God.
den. He fulfills his promises wonderfully, as he did in the Chaldean captivity, when he destroys the kingdom from the ground up etc. He prophesies before the time of the captivity, as can be seen from the title: "In the time of Josiah and Amon, the kings of Judah", 1) of Manasseh etc. Zedekiah, under whom Jerusalem was devastated and all the people were carried away, left three sons.
1) Thus the manuscript erroneously reads instead of: "In the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah."