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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 30:5

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Better, as in the margin. The prophet places his hearers in the center of Babylon, and describes it as convulsed with terror as the armies of Cyrus draw near. The voice of trembling is the war-cry of the advancing host: while fear and no peace implies that even among the exiles there is only alarm at the prospect of the city, where they had so long dwelt, being destroyed. return to 'Top of Page'
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