And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Vain. They shall think that Nabuchodonosor is wasting his time.
Sabbaths. Hebrew, "they have people who swear to them "false prophets, or the Egyptians, on whom they depend. Septuagint, "and counting the weeks "like Aman, Esther iii. 7.
Iniquity, or perfidy of Sedecias, chap. xvii. 15. (Calmet)