Literally, "Nebuchadnezzar ... has devoured us, has crushed us, he has set us aside as an empty vessel, he has swallowed us like a crocodile, h…

He has made me an empty vessel. —The pronouns in one form of the Hebrew text are mostly in the plural: “devoured us,<…

Here the complaint of the chosen people is mentioned, and Jeremiah did this intentionally so that the Jews might feel assured that their miseries w…

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me
Or "us" ^F23 ; everyone of us: these are the words of Z…

The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…