Verse 5
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers ,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:
to give them a land flowing with milk and honey : that is, abounding with plenty of all kind of provisions; see Exodus 3:8 ,
as it is this day ; the land of Canaan continued to those times a very fruitful country; it was as it was promised it should be, and which was a clear thing; their eyes saw it, and the day bore witness to it:
then answered I, and said ; that is, the Prophet Jeremiah, to whom the above order was given:
so be it, O Lord ; or, "Amen, Lord" F6 אמן יהוה "Amen, Domine", Pagninus: Montanus; "Amen, O Jehovah", Schmidt, Cocceius. ; either agreeing to publish what the Lord commanded him; or as wishing that the land of Canaan might continue the same fruitful land it was, and the people of the Jews in it, they keeping the words of this covenant; or else as assenting that the curse might fall upon the men that did not observe them, alluding to Deuteronomy 27:15 . This is the sense of Abarbinel; Jarchi and Kimchi observe, that the word "Lord" is vocative, and in the language of prayer.
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