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Jeremiah 27:1

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Joakim. This revelation was made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of Joakim: but the bands were not sent, to the princes here named, before the reign of Sedecias, ver. 3. (Challoner) He wore them six or seven years. (Vatable) (Tirinus) But this is uncertain. Septuagint omit this title. Syriac, Arabic, read "Sedecias. "(Calmet) As far as Juda may belong to the last chapter. St. Jerome includes the whole verse. (Haydock) It seems to be rather a fresh prophecy, or the title may be spurious, like many in the Psalms. See chap. xxvi. 1., and xxviii. 1., and Isaias xxi. 13.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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