Isaiæ 40:4

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Omnis vallis exaltabitur, et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur ; et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas ;

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Nunc ergo ecce solvi te hodie de catenis qu� sunt in manibus tuis: si placet tibi ut venias mecum in Babylonem, veni, et ponam oculos meos super te: si autem displicet tibi venire mecum in Babylonem, reside: ecce omnis terra in conspectu tuo est: quod elegeris, et quo placuerit tibi ut vadas, illuc perge:

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Nunc ergo ecce solvi te hodie de catenis, quae sunt in manibus tuis. Si placet tibi, ut venias mecum in Babylonem, veni, et ponam oculos meos super te; si autem displicet tibi venire mecum in Babylonem, reside; ecce omnis terra in conspectu tuo est: quod elegeris et quo placuerit tibi ut vadas, illuc perge".

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Reciprocal: Genesis 44:21 - that I may 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens Esther 3:11 - to do Jeremiah 28:14 - I have put Jeremiah 36:5 - General Jeremiah 37:14 - said Jeremiah 39:12 - look well to him Jeremiah 40:5 - or go Acts 12:6 - bound

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which [were] upon thine hands,.... Or rather are; for, when he said these words, it is highly probable they were on him, though now ordered to be taken off; these were not what were put upon him by the Jews, when in the court of the prison; for rather his legs, than his hands, would have had fetters on them there; but what were put upon him by the Chaldeans, when he fell into their hands; though inadvertently done by the inferior officers, and without the knowledge of the princes, or of this captain, who loosed them; with these he came manacled to Ramah, with the rest of the captives, but now were loosed in the sight of them:

if it seem good unto thee to come with me unto Babylon, come, and one will look well unto thee; or, "I will set mine eyes upon thee" r; as the king of Babylon had ordered him to do, Jeremiah 39:12; would favour him, protect him, provide for him, and use him in the most kind and generous manner:

but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear; if it was not agreeable to him to leave his native country, and to go into Babylon, he would not urge it, but leave him to his liberty; yea, would advise him to continue where he was, and not take one step out of it:

behold, all the land [is] before thee; the land of Judea, which was at the disposal of the king of Babylon; and Jeremiah has a grant from him, by his officer, to settle where he pleased:

whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go; he left him to take his own way, and do as he thought fit; and this agrees with his master's orders to him, Jeremiah 39:12.

r ואשים את עיני עליך "ponam oculos meos super te", Schmidt; "et ponam oculum meum super te", Pagninus, Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 40:4. Come; and I will look well unto thee — Thou art now at full liberty to do as thou pleasest; either to come to Babylon or to stay in thy own land.