Jeremiah 6:23
like the sea— (Isaiah 5:30).
as men for war—not that they were like warriors, for they were warriors; but "arrayed most perfectly as warriors" [MAURER].
21 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
22 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, a people comes from the anorth country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
“Behold, a people comes from the anorth country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice aroars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice aroars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
aAnguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in1 labor.
Our hands grow feeble.
aAnguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in1 labor.
25 Do not go out into the field,
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.
Nor walk by the way.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
Fear is on every side.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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