569 Stade’s combination (_ZATW_ 1892, 277 ff.) of xxi. 1, 2; xxxvii. 4-10; xxi. 3-10; xxxvii. 11 ff. yields a contradiction—a prayer for the raising of the siege (xxi. 1, 2) already raised (xxxvii. 5). Erbt avoids this by combining only xxi. 1, 2_a_; xxxvii. 6-10; similarly Gillies (p. 309). But, as Cornill says, one cannot explain how from this form the two accounts have risen. Older critics (except Ewald) and Davidson, Giesebrecht, Peake, Thomson, (196, 198) and Cornill refer the passages to different occasions. Skinner leaves the question in suspense (259 n.). Duhm disposes of xxxvii. 3-10 as a Midrash legend and xxi. 1-10 as “a free composition” upon it by another hand! 570 Probably the original tenor of verse 4, but the text is confused by additions. 571 Greek; Hebrew _he_. 572 Greek omits this clause inadvertently. The proposed reversal to _thy mouth speak with his mouth_ (Giesebrecht, etc.) misses the point; surely the captor would speak first. 573 Hebrew adds _concerning thee, thou shalt not die by the sword_. 574 Of spices. Some Greek versions read _mournings_, and _so shall they mourn for thee_. 575 xxxix. 7; II. Kings xxv. 7. 576 Verses 1, 2 either belonged originally to this section, and mark it as from another source than, or different edition of, Baruch’s memoirs, or more probably were added by an editor as necessary after the preceding sections (xxxv, xxxvi) from Jehoiakim’s reign. 577 Greek reads _say thou_ and _thee_ for _me_, and omits _you_. 578 So Greek. 579 Greek _place_. 580 Knox’s “History of the Reformation in Scotland,” Bk. i. 581 Cp. “declare a Liberty of Tender Consciences,” Declaration of Breda by Charles II. 582 A possible solution is “that the emancipation was undertaken in obedience to the neglected law, and that to make their action even more effective ... they decided to emancipate all their slaves without waiting till the legal term had expired” (Peake). Yet it is also possible that the reference in verses 13, 14 to the law, Deut. xv. 12, is due to an editor. 583 The chief differences between Hebrew and Greek are: 8, Greek lacks _all_ and the senseless _unto them_; 9, Greek reads _so that no Jew should be a slave_; 10, 11, for Hebrew _heard_ (R.V. _obeyed_), Greek reads _turned_, omits the last two clauses of 10, all of 11 save the last and in 12, 13 _from the Lord_ and _God of Israel_; 14 reads _six_ for Hebrew _seven_ and 15 _they_ for _ye_ (twice); 16 omits _and brought them into subjection_, 17, _to his brother and every man_, 18 all reference to the calf and its parts, 20, 21 _and into the hand of them that seek their life_ (twice). 584 Peake. 585 xxxvii. 12; the phrase is obscure. 586 xxxvii. 11-21. 587 Greek omits this last named.