Jeremiah 2:14
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
<01004> [he a home-born.]
carried off <0957> [spoiled. Heb. become a spoil.]
Jeremiah 14:1
spoke .... about <01697> [A.M. 3399. B.C. 605. The word.]
This discourse is supposed to have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Hebrew {batzaroth,} rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is, "when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain;" which Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah.
drought <01226> [the dearth. Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints.]
Jeremiah 14:4-5
ground <0127> [the ground.]
farmers <0406> [the plowmen.]
Jeremiah 39:15
had ......... confined <06113> [while.]
Jeremiah 46:1
spoke <01697> [The word.]
This is a general title to the prophecies contained in this and the following chapters, concerning different nations which had less or more connexion with the Jews, either as enemies, neighbours, or allies. They were not delivered at the same time: to some the date is annexed; in others it is left uncertain.
nations <01471> [against.]
Jeremiah 52:6
fourth <07243> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.]
famine <07458> [the famine.]
