Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
his horses—the Chaldean's.
was heard—the prophetical past for the future.
from Dan—bordering on Phœnicia. This was to be Nebuchadnezzar's route in invading Israel; the cavalry in advance of the infantry would scour the country.
strong ones—a poetical phrase for steeds, peculiar to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 47:3; compare Jeremiah 4:13, Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 6:23).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 8:16:
Jeremiah 4:15
Jeremiah 50:11
Revelation 7:3
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