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Jeremiah 6:5

Jeremiah 6:5
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Arise, and let us go up by night,.... Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Up! and we will make the assault “by night!” And destroy “her palaces.” The generals delay the assault until the next…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 6:1-8

Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

The impatience of the soldiers at the delay takes the form of a demand for a night assault. Cp. Isa 15:1.

palaces LXX…