Jer 25:12, 29:10 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 12. And that nation ] haggoi hahu . Dr. Blayney contends that this should be translated his nation , and that hahu is the substantive pronoun used in the genitive case. It is certainly more clear and definite to read, "I will punish the king of Babylon, and HIS nation." Will make it perpetual desolations ] , where the fulfilment of this prophecy is distinctly marked.

‏ Jeremiah 25:12

Verse 12. And that nation] haggoi hahu. Dr. Blayney contends that this should be translated his nation, and that hahu is the substantive pronoun used in the genitive case. It is certainly more clear and definite to read, "I will punish the king of Babylon, and HIS nation."

Will make it perpetual desolations] See Clarke on Isa 13:19, where the fulfilment of this prophecy is distinctly marked.

‏ 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.