10. from afar--Be not afraid as if the distance of the places whither
ye are to be dispersed precludes the possibility of return.
seed--Though through the many years of captivity intervening, you
yourselves may not see the restoration, the promise shall be fulfilled
to your seed, primarily at the return from Babylon, fully at the
final restoration.
quiet . . . none . . . make . . . afraid--
(Jer 23:6;
Zec 14:11).
JFB.
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