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Jeremiah 4:29

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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