Jer 4:13, 29, 6:23 | JFB | STEP | 13. clouds —continuing the metaphor in . Clouds of sand and dust accompany the simoom, and after rapid gyrations ascend like a pillar. eagles — ( ). Woe unto us —The people are graphically presented before us, without it being formally so stated, bursting out in these exclamations.

Jeremiah 4:13

13. clouds—continuing the metaphor in Jer 4:11:12. Clouds of sand and dust accompany the simoom, and after rapid gyrations ascend like a pillar.

eagles— (De 28:49; Hab 1:8).

Woe unto us—The people are graphically presented before us, without it being formally so stated, bursting out in these exclamations.

Jeremiah 4:29

29. whole city—Jerusalem: to it the inhabitants of the country had fled for refuge; but when it, too, is likely to fall, they flee out of it to hide in the "thickets." HENDERSON translates, "every city."

noise—The mere noise of the hostile horsemen shall put you to flight.

Jeremiah 6:23

23. like the sea— (Isa 5:30).

as men for war—not that they were like warriors, for they were warriors; but "arrayed most perfectly as warriors" [MAURER].