The snorting — The fury of the Chaldeans march is described by the snorting of their horses, which is a noise they make through their nostrils. Heard — Even to Jerusalem. Have devoured — It is spoken in a prophetical style, who use to express the certainty of what shall be, as if it actually were already.
Verse Jeremiah 8:16. _THE SNORTING OF HIS HORSES WAS HEARD FROM DAN:_] _Dan_ lay in the way from Babylon to Jerusalem; and it was by this city, after the battle of Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar, in...
DAN - i. e. the northern boundary of the land. HIS STRONG ONES - i. e., “his war-horses.”...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The horrors of the invasion (Jeremiah 8:1) _ 2. Hardened hearts and retribution (Jeremiah 8:4) 3. Utter destruction threatened (Jeremiah 8:13) 4. The prophet's lamentation ...
JUDAH'S UNNATURAL CONDUCT AND ITS PUNISHMENT. There is something unnatural in the persistency of the people's misconduct; they show no inclination to return to Yahweh, but pursue a headstrong course a...
DAN. The Assyrians entered the land from the north....
Jeremiah 8:4 to Jeremiah 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of sin The section may be thus summarized. (i) Jeremiah 8:4. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to change, but Israel...
See summary at commencement of section....
_Dan_ See Jeremiah 4:15. _strong ones_ i.e. _war-horses_. The same epithet is used as a substitute for the noun, chs. Jeremiah 47:3 ("strong ones"), Jeremiah 50:11 ("strong horses"). The horse was the...
THE SNORTING OF HIS HORSES WAS HEARD FROM DAN— Dan was situated at the northern extremity of Palestine, on the side whence the Chaldeans were to come against Jerusalem. See chap. Jeremiah 4:15. This v...
C. Unavoidable Punishment at the Hand of God Jeremiah 8:13-17 TRANSLATION (13) I will utterly consume them (oracle of the LORD). No grapes are on the vine and no figs are on the fig tree. The leaves...
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,...
8:16 steeds, (f-22) Lit. 'mighty ones.' see Judges 5:22 ; Psalms 22:12 . contains, (g-33) Lit. 'all its fulness.'...
1-3. The dead shall share in the universal punishment....
HIS HORSES] i.e. those of the Babylonian invader. STRONG ONES] warhorses. So in Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11....
HEARD FROM DAN. — As in Jeremiah 4:13, the invasion by an army of which cavalry and war chariots formed the most terrible contingent was a special terror to Israelites. Even at Dan, the northern bound...
מִ דָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֗יו מִ קֹּול
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE Jeremiah 8:4-22 This chapter is filled with denunciation of the unreasonable and infatuated obstinacy of Israel. As the horse rushes madly to the fight, so were the people set...
Utter desolation would overtake them so that death would be chosen rather than life. This sin of idolatry had been aggravated by the people's terrible persistence therein. If men fall it is naturally...
The snorting of his horses was heard from (l) Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the c...
_Dan, by which the Chaldeans must pass, chap. iv. 15. Many have hence inferred that antichrist will be the serpent (ver. 17.) of the tribe of Dan, Genesis xlix. 17. (Calmet)_...
I bring the whole of this beautiful Chapter, from this verse to the end into one view, for the sake of shortness, and from necessity; but otherwise nothing could be more desirable than to dwell upon e...
He says, _Heard has been the snorting of horses from Daniel _Dan was on the extremities, as it is well known, of the land of Canaan. Some think that the loudness of the noise is intended, as it was he...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9. Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple, which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without conscience, wo...
THE SNORTING OF HIS HORSES WAS HEARD FROM DAN,.... That is, was heard at Jerusalem. It seems to be a hyperbolical expression, showing the certainty of the coming of the Assyrian monarch and his army,...
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,...
_The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan_ Dan was situated in the northern extremity of Palestine, on the side whence the Chaldeans were to come against Jerusalem. Accordingly, Grotius observes,...
FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT...
The snorting of his, the invader's, horses was heard from Dan, on the extreme northern border of Canaan, the prophet here seeing the Chaldean hordes advancing to subdue the country; THE WHOLE LAND TRE...
ALL THAT IS IN IT: _ Heb._ the fullness thereof...
14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the pre...
The fury of the Chaldeans march is described by the snorting of their horses, which is a noise they make through their nostrils, when they are chafed and fretted. WAS HEARD FROM DAN, i.e. even to Jeru...
Jeremiah 8:16 snorting H5170 horses H5483 heard H8085 (H8738) Dan H1835 land H776 trembled H7493 (H8804) sound...
JEREMIAH CALLS ON THE PEOPLE TO ENTER THEIR FORTIFIED CITIES BECAUSE THE INVADERS ARE COMING AND THERE WILL BE NO PEACE TERMS ACCEPTED OR HEALING OF THEIR REBELLION, FOR YHWH IS SENDING AMONG THEM SER...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bo...
Jeremiah 8:1. At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bon...
CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Terrible judgments impending. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Impenitence brings certain ruin. All the boasted wisdom of man cannot serve to k...
Jeremiah 8:1. _At that time they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah of the princes of the priests, and the bones_ (as in the Chaldaic) _of the_ false _prophets._ They shall spread them be...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Chronology and History, as in chap. 7. Observe, however, that a new section in this extended prophetic address commenced with Jeremiah 8:4, which continues to chap. Jere...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 8:1 Punishment will even overtake the sinners who have long since been deceased. JEREMIAH 8:1 THEY SHALL BRING OUT THE BONES. Not only shall many of the dead bodies remain unbur...
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inha...
1 Corinthians 10:26; 1 Corinthians 10:28; Habakkuk 3:10; Jeremiah 4:15;...