Jeremiah 25:1-10
fourth <07243> [A.M. 3398. B.C. 606. in the.]
first <07224> [the first.]
Nebuchadnezzar was associated with his father Nabopollasar two years before the death of the latter; and from this time the Jewish computation of Nebuchadnezzar's reign begins; that is, from the end of the third year of Jehoiakim; and therefore, according to them, the fourth year of Jehoiakim was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar. But the Babylonians date the commencement of his reign two years later, that is, on the death of his father; which computation is followed by Daniel, who wrote in Chaldee.
twenty-three ..... thirteenth <07969> [thirteenth.]
again <07925> [rising.]
servants <05650> [all.]
Urijah the son of Shemaiah, and Huldah the prophetess, lived about this time. Zephaniah also prophesied during part of the time; and it is probable that Habakkuk was contemporary with them.
again <07925> [rising.]
have ... listened ... paid attention <08085> [ye.]
turn <07725> [Turn.]
as <05704> [for.]
angry <03707> [that ye.]
send <07971> [I.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [Nebuchadrezzar.]
land .... inhabitants ..... nations <0776 03427 01471> [against.]
horror <08047> [an astonishment. See on ch.]
put an end .... sounds ........ glad celebration ................ sound <06 06963> [take from. Heb. cause to perish from.]
sounds ... joy ...... glad celebration ................ sound <08342 06963> [voice of mirth.]
sounds ........ glad celebration ................ sound <06963> [the sound.]
Sir J. Chardin remarks, that in the East, every where in the morning may be heard the noise of the mills, which often awakens people; for they generally grind every day just as much as may be necessary for the day's consumption. Where, then, the noise of the mill is not heard in the morning, nor the light of the candle seen in the evening, there must be an utter desolation.
