Verse 11
Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me ,.... At the same time as before:
saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? The Septuagint version leaves out the word "Jeremiah":
and I said, I see a rod of an almond tree ; a dry stick, without leaves or fruit upon it, and yet he knew it to be an almond tree stick; though some think it had leaves and fruit on it, by which it was known. The Targum is,
"and I said, a king hastening to do evil I see;'
meaning Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, hastening to bring destruction upon the Jews.
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