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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
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Verse 1. Babylon, when he was associated by Nabopolassar, three years before his death, A. 3397. This year Joakim was taken to be conducted to Babylon, though he was afterwards permitted to remain on very hard conditions, while the sacred vessels, Daniel, and so forth were taken away, and the 70 years of captivity commenced. They ended in the first of Cyrus, A. 3468. Usher—This chap. should be placed before the 24th and after the 26th. Calmet.—The prophets did not observe the order of time. Calmet. 21. Worthington.
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