1; Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and the city.
8; The princes and the people having dismissed their
bond-servants, contrary to the covenant of God, re-assume
them.
12; Jeremiah, for their disobedience, gives them and Zedekiah
into the hands of their enemies.
* A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. The word.
This chapter contains two discourses, one concerning the
taking of the city, and Zedekiah's captivity and death, ver.
1-7; and the other containing an invective against the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for retaining their Hebrew slaves,
ver. 8-22; both of which were delivered in the tenth year of
Zedekiah.
* when.
# 7; 32:2; 39:1-3; 52:4-11; 2Ki 25:1-9; 2Ch 36:12-17|
* all the kingdoms.
# 1:15; 27:5-7; Da 2:37,38; 4:1,22; 5:19|
* of his dominion. Heb. the dominion of his hand.
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