Jeremiah 5:15

Although the description suits the Babylonians (cp. Isaiah 5:26 of the Assyrians; also Isaiah 28:11; Isaiah 33:19), we need not suppose that it is altered in phraseology from its original application which was doubtless to the Scythians (see Intr. i. § 3). "Jeremiah may well have thought of the Scythians as a primaeval people like the Nephilim." Pe.

The LXX shew a considerable amount of omission and variation as compared with MT., but there is hardly sufficient ground for doubting the trustworthiness of the latter.

mighty The word in MT. is primarily used of a stream which flows continuously. Hence, mg. enduring, imperishable. Cp. Amos 5:24 mg. "overflowing."

whose language thou knowest not Cp. Deuteronomy 28:49. Appeals for mercy would be fruitless when made in a tongue not understood by the stranger.