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**The Twenty-First Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah).
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**The word that came, &c.** This chapter commences an historical part of the book, describing the incidents of the two years preceding the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. See [Jeremiah 32:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/2) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**the tenth . . . eighteenth year.** Another contact between Biblical and secular chronology. See App-86 .

**besieged** = was besieging.
**the court of the prison:** to which Jeremiah had access. Compare verses: [Jeremiah 32:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/8) , [Jeremiah 32:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/12) , [Jeremiah 32:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/1) .

**had shut him up.** One of the eleven rulers who were offended with God's messengers. See note on [Exodus 10:28](../../../kjv/exodus/10/28) .

**his eyes shall behold his eyes:** he should go to Babylon ([Jeremiah 34:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/34/3) ). Yet Ezekiel ([Jeremiah 12:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/13) ) declared that he should not "see" Babylon. Both statements were true; for we read that Zedekiah did "see" the king of Babylon at Riblah, but his eyes being put out there ([2 Kings 25:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/6) , [2 Kings 25:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/7) ), he never *saw* Babylon, though he was *led* there. See [Jeremiah 52:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/10) , [Jeremiah 52:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/11) .

**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.

**The Twenty-Second Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah)
**Behold** : Figure of speech. *Asterismos* . App-6 .
**thine uncle:** i.e. Shallum, not Hanameel, who was Jeremiah's cousin. See next verse.
**my field.** Accusative case to [Numbers 35:5](../../../kjv/numbers/35/5) , this would be within 2,000 cubits of Anathoth.
**the right, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 25:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/24) , [Leviticus 25:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/25) , [Leviticus 25:32](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/32) ). Compare [Ruth 4:6](../../../kjv/ruth/4/6) .

**shekels.** See App-51 .

**the evidence** = the deed.

**according to the law.** See notes on [Jeremiah 32:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/7) .

**uncle's son.** Hebrew text reads "uncle". But some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "uncle's son", as in verses: [Jeremiah 32:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/8) , [Jeremiah 32:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/9) .
**subscribed.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "[whose names] were written".
**before.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and before".

**the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 7:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/3) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**many days:** i.e. the seventy years, of which fifty two years had yet to run (deducting eighteen years from the fourth of Jehoiakim to the tenth of Zedekiah).

**Lord GOD** = Adonai Jehovah.
**Thou hast made, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 1](../../../kjv/genesis/1) ). Compare [Jeremiah 27:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/5) .
**nothing too hard for Thee.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 18:14](../../../kjv/genesis/18/14) ). App-92 .

**Thou shewest lovingkindness, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:6](../../../kjv/exodus/20/6) ; [Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7) . [Deuteronomy 5:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/9) , [Deuteronomy 5:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/10) ). App-92 .
**lovingkindness** = grace. Hebrew. *hesed.*
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .
**children** = sons.
**after them.** Compare [Exodus 34:6](../../../kjv/exodus/34/6) , [Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7) .
**the Mighty.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 10:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/17) ). App-92 . Compare [Isaiah 9:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/6) .
**GOD.** Hebrew El (with Art.) App-4 . Occurs in Jeremiah only here and [Jeremiah 51:56](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/56) .
**the LORD of Hosts.** See note on [Jeremiah 6:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/6) .

**Thine eyes.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*
**men.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**signs and wonders.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 7:3](../../../kjv/exodus/7/3) .[Deuteronomy 4:34](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/34) ; [Deuteronomy 6:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/22) ; [Deuteronomy 7:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/19) ; [Deuteronomy 13:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/1) , [Deuteronomy 13:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/2) ; [Deuteronomy 26:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/8) ; [Deuteronomy 28:46](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/46) ; [Deuteronomy 29:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/3) ; [Deuteronomy 34:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/11) ). App-92 . Elsewhere only in [Psalms 78:43](../../../kjv/psalms/78/43) ; [Psalms 105:27](../../../kjv/psalms/105/27) ; [Psalms 135:9](../../../kjv/psalms/135/9) ; and [Nehemiah 9:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/10) .
**other men** = mankind. Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .
**made Thee a name.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 9:16](../../../kjv/exodus/9/16) ).

**with a strong hand, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 9:6](../../../kjv/exodus/9/6) ). App-92 . See note on [Jeremiah 27:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/5) .

**milk and honey.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 3:8](../../../kjv/exodus/3/8) , [Exodus 3:17](../../../kjv/exodus/3/17) ). See note on [Jeremiah 11:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/5) , and App-92 .

**law.** Hebrew text has "laws" in margin, with some codices and three early printed editions.
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**mounts.** Erections of earth raised by the enemy to overtop the walls. Compare [Jeremiah 6:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/6) , and [Jeremiah 33:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/4) .

**for the city is given, &c.** An expression of surprise at the command to buy the field under such circumstances.

**The Twenty-Third Prophecy of Jeremiah** (see book comments for Jeremiah).
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**Jeremiah.** Septuagint reads "me": for Jeremiah's answer to Zedekiah took in not only verses: [Jeremiah 32:16-25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/16-25) , but verses: [Jeremiah 32:27-44](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/27-44) .

**the God of all flesh.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 16:22](../../../kjv/numbers/16/22) ). App-92 .

**upon whose roofs, &c.** Compare [Jeremiah 19:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/13) .
**to provoke Me to anger.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 4:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/25) ; [Deuteronomy 9:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/18) ; Deu 81:29 ; [Deuteronomy 32:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/21) ). App-92 .

**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**men.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**rising up early, &c.** See note on [Jeremiah 7:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/13) .

**which is called by My name** = upon which My name is called.

**to pass through the fire** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:21](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/21) ).
**came it into My mind.** Compare [Jeremiah 7:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/31) ; [Jeremiah 19:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/5) .
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .

**the LORD, the God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 11:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/3) .

**I will gather them out, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 30:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/3) , the same word).
**I will cause them to dwell safely.** *Hiphil* of *yashab* = to settle down. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 23:43](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/43) ). App-92 . Compare [Ezekiel 36:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/11) , [Ezekiel 36:33](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/33) .[Hosea 11:11](../../../kjv/hosea/11/11) .[Zechariah 10:6](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/6) .

**fear** = revere.
**for ever** = all the days.

**everlasting covenant.** See note on [Genesis 9:16](../../../kjv/genesis/9/16) . Reference to Pentateuch ( App-92 ).
**shall** = may.
**not depart.** This must refer to millennial days: for Israel *did* depart; and that is why the nation is still "scattered", and not yet "gathered".

**I will rejoice, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 30:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/9) ).
**plant.** Compare [Jeremiah 1:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/10) .
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*

**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**Men.** Not in Hebrew Should be in italic type.
**mountains** = hill country.
**captivity.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for captives.

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