It came to pass after ten days— The prophet prayed during these ten days, to obtain from God the revelation of his will; for the prophets had not always the spirit of prophecy at their command. The Spirit came and went as he would, and communicated himself only by intervals. Here Jeremiah begins the prophecy which he had as it were announced at the commencement of chap. 40: the relation whereof he has hitherto postponed, in order to inform his reader of what happened before, with which his prophecy was connected. During these ten days Jeremiah continued in retirement and prayer. See Calmet.
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Jeremiah 42:7
7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.