Jer 16:15, 23:3, 29:10, 32:37 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 15. The land of the north ] Chaldea: and their deliverance thence will be as remarkable as the deliverance of their fathers from the land of Egypt.

‏ Jeremiah 16:15

Verse 15. The land of the north] Chaldea: and their deliverance thence will be as remarkable as the deliverance of their fathers from the land of Egypt.

‏ Jeremiah 23:3

‏ Jeremiah 29:10

Verse 10. For thus saith the Lord] It has been supposed that a very serious transposition of verses has taken place here; and it has been proposed to read after Jer 29:9 the sixteenth to the nineteenth inclusive; then the tenth, and on to the fourteenth inclusive; then the twentieth, the fifteenth, the twenty-first, and the rest regularly to the end.

That after seventy years be accomplished] lephi meloth, "at the mouth of the accomplishment," or "fill to the mouth." Seventy years is the measure which must be filled;-fill this to the brim;-complete this measure, and then you shall be visited and released. The whole seventy must be completed; expect no enlargement before that time.

‏ Jeremiah 32:37

Verse 37. Behold, I will gather them out of all countries] A promise often repeated. See Jer 29:14, and See Clarke on Jer 31:8, &c.