And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Aphrahat the Persian Sage
AD 345
And with regard to Babylon Jeremiah said, Babylon shall fall and shall not rise. And behold! To this day it continues in desolation and will do so forever. - "Demonstrations 21.6"
Sink. The angel did the like; (Apocalypse xviii. 21.; Calmet) and the Phoceans, leaving their country, swore that they would return no more till a piece of red hot iron, which they threw into the sea, should swim. (Herodotus i. 165.)
Thus, was added by the compiler. Septuagint omit the sentence, as what relates to Babylon is placed chap. xxviii. in their copies. (Calmet)
Yet Grabe puts it in a different character. (Haydock)
Jeremias wrote a great deal, after the 4th year of Sedecias, ver. 59. (Calmet)
He here finished his predictions against Babylon. (Worthington)
This does not mean that he did not write the next chapter, (Menochius) as Cappel allows, (Houbigant) though this may still be doubted. (Haydock)
