a. O you children of Benjamin: The southern kingdom of Judah began when the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained faithful to the line of David in the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam (1 Kings 12). Because of the place of the tribe of Benjamin in the southern kingdom, God sometimes referred to it as Benjamin. i. “The reason the people of Benjamin are mentioned is that geographically Jerusalem belonged to the territory of Benjamin … Moreover, Jeremiah was a Benjaminite
Jeremiah 6:1–5