Jeremiah 25:1
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.
Jeremiah 12:1-17
fair <06662> [Righteous.]
speak <01696> [talk. or, reason the case.]
<01870> [Wherefore doth.]
<0899> [deal.]
plant <05193> [hast.]
<03212> [grow. Heb. go on. near.]
know <03045> [knowest.]
Drag ..... away <05423> [toward. or, with. pull.]
time <03117> [the day.]
land <0776> [long.]
grass <06212> [the herbs.]
animals <0929> [the beasts.]
see <07200> [He.]
raced <07323> [thou hast.]
compete <08474> [canst.]
thick undergrowth <01347> [swelling.]
brothers <0251> [thy brethren.]
plotted <07121> [yea.]
plotted <07121> [have called, etc. or, cried after thee fully. though.]
kind things <02896> [fair words. Heb. good things.]
abandon <05800> [have forsaken.]
turn <05414> [I have given.]
beloved <03033> [dearly beloved. Heb. love.]
roared <05414> [crieth out. or, yelleth. Heb. giveth out his voice.]
hate <08130> [therefore.]
people <05159> [Mine.]
Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hy‘na? Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan. The hy‘na is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black: it is of a solitary and savage disposition.
birds of prey .... hyenas .... birds of prey <05861 06641> [speckled bird. or, a bird having talons. the birds.]
gather together ....... come <0857 03212 0622> [come ye.]
come <03212 0857> [come. or, cause them to come.]
rulers <07462> [pastors.]
land where I planted my people <03754> [my vineyard.]
trample all over <0947> [trodden.]
chosen land ...... beautiful land <02513 02532> [pleasant portion. Heb. portion of desire.]
lay ... waste ........................ pay <07760 08076> [made it.]
lie parched <056> [it mourneth.]
lay .......................... pay <07760> [layeth.]
destructive army <07703> [spoilers.]
against <02719> [the sword.]
one <01320> [no.]
sow <02232> [sown.]
work until .... exhausted <02470> [put.]
sow ......... work until .... exhausted ........... disappointed <02232 02470 0954> [they. or, ye.]
wicked <07451> [A.M. 3401. B.C. 603. against.]
who surround <05060> [that.]
have something ................................. uproot ..... those nations ... their lands ... I will free <05428> [I will.]
have something ................................. uproot ..... those nations ... their lands ... I will free <05428> [and pluck.]
after <0310> [after.]
lands <05159> [heritage.]
name <08034> [my name.]
learn .......... Once ... taught ..................................... things <03925> [as they.]
using ......... then <01129> [built.]
heed <08085> [if.]
uproot <05428> [pluck.]
