Jeremias 46:1

1 And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremias 46:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:1

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against
the Gentiles.
] Or "nations"; distinguished from the Jews; not all the nations of the world, but some hereafter mentioned, as the Egyptians, Philistines, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Syrians, Arabians, Persians, and Chaldeans: or "concerning the nations" ^F16; the above mentioned; though the prophecies delivered out concerning them are all against them, and not in their favour. Mention is made of Jeremiah's prophesying against all the nations in ( Jeremiah 25:13 ) ; after which follow the several prophecies contained in the next chapters in the Septuagint and Arabic versions, as they stand in the Polyglot Bible.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Mywg le) "super gentes", Montanus; "de gentibus", Cocceius.

Jeremias 46:1 In-Context

1 And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

2 And in the eleventh year of Sedekiass, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken .

3 And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,

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