thy speech] Heb. thy report, or thy hearing. Namely, the precedent prophecie concerning the ruine of Babylon: wherefore in all humble reverence I submit my selfe to thy will: onely I pray thee that thou wouldest continue thy work of grace in thy Church, during the seventy years of captivitie; which is the midst of years, between two equall compasses of foure hundred and ninetie: So many being before the seventy, from Samuel and Saul the first King, and so many after the seventy till Christs death and resurrection; who is that Prophet, Priest and King eternall of his Church. revive] Or, preserve alive.