Jer 1:15, 6:22 | JFB | STEP | 15. families —the tribes or clans composing the various kingdoms of Babylon; the specification of these aggravates the picture of calamity ( ). throne at . . . gates —the usual place of administering justice. The conquering princes will set up their tribunal there ( ). Or the reference is to the military pavilion ( ) [MAURER ].

Jeremiah 1:15

15. families—the tribes or clans composing the various kingdoms of Babylon; the specification of these aggravates the picture of calamity (Jer 25:9).

throne at . . . gates—the usual place of administering justice. The conquering princes will set up their tribunal there (Jer 39:3, 5; 52:9). Or the reference is to the military pavilion (Jer 43:10) [MAURER].

Jeremiah 6:22

22. north . . . sides of the earth—The ancients were little acquainted with the north; therefore it is called the remotest regions (as the Hebrew for "sides" ought to be translated, see on Isa 14:13) of the earth. The Chaldees are meant (Jer 1:15; 5:15). It is striking that the very same calamities which the Chaldeans had inflicted on Zion are threatened as the retribution to be dealt in turn to themselves by Jehovah (Jer 50:41-43).