the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. The longer title is used to show the solemnity of the utterance.

Nebuchadrezzar... will set, &c. This was fulfilled to the letter. Josephus records it (A. t. x. 9, 10), but Egyptian history is naturally silent. It took place five years after his destruction of Jerusalem.

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