Thus saith the Lord, go down to the house of the king
of
Judah
To the palace of Jehoiakim, who was now the reigning king; the
prophet is bid to go down to it, because, as Kimchi thinks, he
was now upon the mountain of the house, or in the temple, from
whence to the king's house there was a descent: and speak
there this word;
of prophecy, relating to the several kings hereafter mentioned.
This prophecy was delivered some years before that in the
preceding chapter, though it stands here. It is indeed by some
thought to be repeated here on occasion of what is before said,
and for the confirmation of it, putting in mind of what he had
prophesied in former times: and they render the words, with which
it begins, "thus hath the Lord said" F24; so he said to me years
ago; which agrees with what is now delivered.
F24 (rma hk) "haec dixit", Grotius; "sic dixit", Schmidt.
