Jeremiah 16:14-15

See introd. summary to section. These two verses, recurring as they do in a suitable context as Jeremiah 23:7 f., must be considered to be here, at all events, an importation. "The context on both sides relates to Judah's approaching exile, and Jeremiah 16:16 continue the line of thought of Jeremiah 16:10." Dr. In LXX they are found, quite incongruously, after Jeremiah 23:40 instead of in the earlier position in that ch.