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Jer_51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come [one] year, and after that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Ver. 46. And lest your heart faint.] Or, And let not your hearts faint.
And ye fear for the rumour,] sc., Of Cyrus’s coming. Fear it not, all is for the best to you; your redemption draweth nigh.
A rumour shall both come one year,] sc., Of Cyrus’s preparation, and then another of his expedition toward Babylon.
Ruler against ruler,] i.e., Cyrus against Belshazzar; so Constantine against Maxentius, Maximinus, Lucinius, &c.; this was for the best to the poor Church of Christ.