I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Net, as was done in war, and to catch wild beasts. Jeremiah 16:16. Calmet.—Not see it, because his eyes shall be put out by Nabuchodonosor. Challoner.—The false prophets thought they perceived a contradiction here; ( Worthington.) and Sedecias, confronting it with Jerem. 38:18 disregarded both. Jos. Ant. x. 10.—This was more pardonable than for Paine to object this as an inconsistency, after the event has so clearly verified the predictions of both, and shewed their consent. Bible.—The unhappy prince saw too late the true meaning. Calmet.—He was put in a cage, like a wild beast, and conveyed blind to Babylon. Saint Jerome