Jeremiah 27:19 - Exposition

This and the two following verses are thus given in the Septuagint: "For thus saith the Lord … and the rest of the vessels which the king of Babylon took not, when he carried Jeconiah captive from Jerusalem; they shall come to Babylon, saith the Lord." This shortened form throws a light on the fact of the absence of "now shortly" in Jeremiah 27:16 (see note). The pillars , etc.; i.e. the two bronze pillars called Jachin and Boaz ( 1 Kings 7:21 ). The sea ; i.e. the molten "sea," or basin ( 1 Kings 7:23 ). The bases ( 1 Kings 7:27 ).