Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 6:23

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Spear - Properly, a javelin for hurling at the enemy (see 1 Samuel 17:6 note): an ordinary weapon of the Babylonians. Cruel - ruthless, inhuman. In the Assyrian monuments warriors put the vanquished to death; rows of impaled victims hang round the walls of the besieged towns; and men collect in heaps hands cut from the vanquished. Horses, set in array - A full stop should be put after horses. It - the whole army, and not the cavalry only - is “set in array.” As men for war against thee - Rather, as a warrior for battle “against thee.” return to 'Top of Page'

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