Verse 1
Jeremiah's Tenth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah).
The word, &c. = That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 .
the dearth. Hebrew " the restraints" : the holding back of rain, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the famine caused by it. One of thirteen recorded famines. See Genesis 12:10 . Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:23 , Deuteronomy 28:24 ). App-92 . Before the first siege (497 BC), or before the third siege (480 BC). See App-83 .
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