[Know] that thus saith the Lord,.... Or "for", or "wherefore thus saith the Lord" ; for the word "know" is not in the text, and seems needless; though it is also supplied by other interpreters . The words are illative, and follow upon the former; and the sense is, that since they gave heed to their false prophets in Babylon, who told them that they should quickly return; therefore the Lord sent the following message to them, informing them that it was so far from being true that they should in a short time return to Jerusalem, that, on the other hand, they that were there should soon be with them in captivity, or be destroyed:of, or "concerning"the king that sitteth on the throne of David; that is, King Zedekiah, who was then the reigning king at Jerusalem:and of all the people that dwelleth in this city; the city Jerusalem, where Jeremiah was, and from whence this letter was written, in the name of the Lord, to the captives at Babylon:and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; that lived in the several parts of the land of Judea, who were left behind, and not carried captive, when those were to whom these words are directed.
rma hk yk "nam sic ait", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "ideo", Calvin; "ita namque", Schmidt.