Jer 51:63-64 | JFB | STEP | 63. bind a stone, &c.— ( ). So the Phoceans in leaving their country, when about to found Marseilles, threw lead into the sea, binding themselves not to return till the lead should swim.

Jeremiah 51:63-64

63. bind a stone, &c.— (Re 18:21). So the Phoceans in leaving their country, when about to found Marseilles, threw lead into the sea, binding themselves not to return till the lead should swim.

64. they shall be weary—The Babylonians shall be worn out, so as not to be able to recover their strength.

Thus far . . . Jeremiah—Hence it is to be inferred that the last chapter is not included in Jeremiah's writings but was added by some inspired man, mainly at 2Ki 24:18-25:30 to explain and confirm what precedes [CALVIN].