The latter part ("because of … in Jerusalem") may be a gloss, founded on such passages as 2 Kings 21:11 ff. Jeremiah does not elsewhere nameManasseh in connexion with the evil deeds of that reign.

cause them to be tossed to and fro among to shakeis the lit. meaning of the Heb. root, hence, to move in fear, to tremble(Esther 5:9). The Heb. substantive here (from that root) thus means consternation, i.e. an object of it, and occurs again in Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 29:18. Thus we should render, I will make them to be a consternation to, etc.

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