The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive unto Babylon.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Word. This happened to Jeremias; (Raban) or the prophet rather interrupts what he was about to say, to let the reader know the state of affairs, when he was consulted about the journey into Egypt, chap. xlii. 9.
Rama; probably in Benjamin, near Bethel, Judges xix. 12. (Calmet)
In this last part, Jeremias foretells what would befall the Jews in Egypt, and other nations. (Worthington)