In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim Three years prior to Nebuchadnezzar’s ascent to the throne, he prophesied about him that he would reign.

thongs They are the thongs of the yoke that are called kongoijli (cojongles).

And you shall send them to the king of Edom In the days of Zedekiah in the fourth year of his reign, when Nebuchadnezzar made him ruler over five kings.

the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the children of Ammon, etc. These five kings Nebuchadnezzar placed under the authority of Zedekiah. Fifteen years they (the bars and thongs) were on his neck, from the first year of Jehoiakim until the fourth year of Zedekiah, when Hananiah son of Azzur broke them off him.

My servant Who will perform My will to requite My enemies.

and his son Evil-Merodach.

and his son’s son Belshazzar.

until the time of his own land come When Darius the Mede and Cyrus come and slay Belshazzar.

And to Zedekiah the king of Judah have I spoken, etc. All this Jeremiah said to the ambassadors of the kings.

“Behold the vessels of the house of the Lord” That were exiled with Jeconiah.

the bases Jonathan renders: בְּסִיסַיָּא Cf. “the washbasin and its stand” (Exodus 35:16).

when he exiled Heb. בַּגְּלוֹתוֹ like בְּהַגְלוֹתוֹ.

the nobles of חֹרֵי, like שָֹרֵי the princes of.

until the day I remember them In the days of Cyrus, as is explained in the Book of Ezra (1:7 11).