Jer 1:14, 4:6 | JFB | STEP | 14. break forth —"shall disclose itself." Out of the north — ( ). The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C. ; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.

Jeremiah 1:14

14. break forth—"shall disclose itself."

Out of the north— (Jer 4:6; 6:1, 22; 10:22; 25:9; Eze 26:7). The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C.; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.

Jeremiah 4:6

6. Zion—The standard toward Zion intimated that the people of the surrounding country were to fly to it, as being the strongest of their fortresses.