OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 40:1

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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.

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Verse 1. Word. This happened to Jeremias; (Raban) or the prophet rather interrupts what he was about to say, to let the reader know the state of affairs, when he was consulted about the journey into Egypt. Calmet. 42:9.—Rama; probably in Benjamin, near Bethel. Judges 19:12. Calmet.—In this last part, Jeremias foretells what would befall the Jews in Egypt, and other nations. Worthington.

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