Jeremiah 51:34

me mg. us, but "me" is best throughout the v. as in Jeremiah 51:35. Israel suddenly becomes the speaker. For the figure cp. Isaiah 27:1.

dragon The Heb. Tanninis lit. any great monster of river or sea, e.g. the crocodile (Psalms 74:13; Ezekiel 29:3).

my delicates Israel's treasured possessions. The word is used as a substantive here only in the Bible. Cp. 3 Hen. VI. II. 5, where the king speaks of the shepherd's homely curds as "far beyond a prince's delicates." (Bible Word Book.)