Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he—Nebuzara-dan, the captain of Nebuchadnezzar.
as . . . eagle—not to bear them "on eagles' wings" (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11-12), as God does His people, but to pounce on them as a prey (Jeremiah 49:22; Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 48:40:
Jeremiah 49:19
Jeremiah 49:22
Ezekiel 17:3
Daniel 7:4
Hosea 8:1
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