Jeremiah 4:29
“The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen ; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The whole city shall flee,.... Or, "every city"; for not Jerusalem only is meant, but every city, or the inhabitants of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The whole city ... - Rather, Every city is fleeing. All the inhabitants of the tokens flee to Jerusalem for protection,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 4:19-31
The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Jeremiah 4:29-31
Embellishments of the person are of no avail. Zion cries out in vain before an implacable foe.
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