The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord The word of prophecy, us the Targum. Some make this to be the "thirteenth" sermon of the prophet's; it is a consolatory one, as Kimchi observes: saying; as follows:
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The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
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Thus speaketh Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Write thee in a book all the words that I have spoken unto thee.
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For behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will turn the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
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And these are the words that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Israel and concerning Judah;
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for thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, there is fear, and no peace.