The 70 years of desolation prophesied by Jeremiah began in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, 605 B.C. (Jeremiah 25:1, 12), and therefore sh…

To fulfil. — lĕmalûth (an Aramaized form).

The word ... Jeremiah. — The seventy years of Babyloni…

To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah
That is, the Jews were so long servants in Babylon, as in th…

The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem occurred gradually. The methods God uses to call sinners back by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providen…