John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 50:30

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, etc.] Or “surely”f991; it is the form of an oath, according to Jarchi Cyrus, when he took Babylon, ordered proclamation to be made that the inhabitants should keep within doors; and that whoever were found in the streets should be put to deathf992, as doubtless many were: and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord; as Belshazzar and his guards weref993; (see <270530>Daniel 5:30); compare with this (<661918>Revelation 19:18).

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