Verse 18
18. bring again . . . captivity— (Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 33:11).
tents—used to intimate that their present dwellings in Chaldea were but temporary as tents.
have mercy on dwelling-places— (Jeremiah 33:11- :).
own heap—on the same hill, that is, site, a hill being the usual site chosen for a city (compare Joshua 11:13, Margin). This better answers the parallel clause, "after the manner thereof" (that is, in the same becoming ways as formerly), than the rendering, "its own heap of ruins," as in Joshua 11:13- :.
palace—the king's, on Mount Zion.
remain—rather, "shall be inhabited" (see on Joshua 11:13- :, Jeremiah 17:25). This confirms English Version, "palace," not as others translate, "the temple" (see 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 15:25).
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