Jeremiah 46:1

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah against the Gentiles This is a general title to the collection of prophecies contained in this and the five following Chapter s, and refers to the denunciation of God's judgments upon the countries round about Judea, namely, those of whom all enumeration is made Jeremiah 25:19. To some of these prophecies the date is annexed; in others it is left uncertain. It is evident they were not all delivered at the same time, and they seem to be here out of their proper place. In the Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint, they follow immediately after Jeremiah 25:13, where express mention is made of the book which Jeremiah had prophesied against all the nations; which book is contained in this and the following Chapter s. It seems those who collected Jeremiah's writings judged proper, without confining themselves to the order of time, to join together all those prophecies which respected the Gentile nations, and were not immediately connected with the affairs of the Jews.