it shall come to passe, &c.] 2 Chron. 36. 21, 22. Ezr. 1. 1. Chap. 29. 10. Daniel 9:2.
when seventy yeers are accomplished] Out of which seventie, six and thirtie compleat are of Nebuchadnezzars reign: Chap. 52. 31. the other thirtie and foure are to be divided between Evilmerodach and Belshazzar, Daniel 5:1. unlesse some vacation, or usurpation (which some think) came between their two reigns. See Chap. 37. 7.
I will punish the king of Babylon] As he did with Ashur before. Isaiah 10:12. Heb. visit upon. Chap. 23. 34.
will make it perpetuall desolations] See Isaiah 13:19. & Isaiah 14:23. Chap. 50. 40. & 51. 26. Heb. desolations of perpetuitie. Vers. 9.