By Jeremiah the prophet. — Literally, by the hand of Jeremiah. The phrase is not found elsewhere in Jeremiah’s writings, with the one exception of Jeremiah 37:2. It probably indicates that the prophecy that follows was written with his own hand, and not dictated. (See Jeremiah 51:60.)
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Jeremiah 50:1
1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans bya Jeremiah the prophet.