And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
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Gill's Exposition
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say,.... Or "to the house of the king of Judah" (p); that is, his palace, as Calvin understands it; go to it, and there say as follows, as in Jer 22:1; and…
Barnes' Notes
Rather, And as to the royal house of Judah, Hear ye. Omit say. The words are no command to the prophet, but form his introduction to the discourse which extends to the end of Jer 23:8. The king and…
By the civil message which the king sent to Jeremiah it appeared that both he and the people began to have a respect for him, which it would have been Jeremiah's policy to make some advantage of for…
See note introductory to section. These vv. are quite out of connexion with either the preceding or following. They are made up of Jer 22:3 and Jer 4:4, and seem to be a fragment of Jeremiah, but here…