Jeremiah's Seventeenth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah).
In the beginning: i.e. before the siege, in the third year of Jehoiakim. See note on Jeremiah 27:1.
The first edition of the Prophets (Naples, 1485-6), the first edition of the entire Hebrew Bible (Soncino 1488), and the second edition (Naples, 1491-3), introduce the word hazi. half, here, to indicate that the second half of Jeremiah commences here.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.