Jeremiah's Tenth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah).
The word, &c.. That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
the dearth. Hebrew " the restraints": the holding back of rain, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the famine caused by it. One of thirteen recorded famines. See Genesis 12:10. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 28:24). App-92. Before the first siege (497 BC), or before the third siege (480 BC). See App-83.