Jeremiah 46:16
16. He—Jehovah.
made many to fall—literally, "multiplied the faller," that is, fallers. one fell upon another— (Jer 46:6, 12): even before the enemy strikes them (Le 26:37). let us go again to our own people—the language of the confederates and mercenaries, exhorting one another to desert the Egyptian standard, and return to their respective homes (Jer 46:9, 21). from the oppressing sword—from the cruel sword, namely, of the Chaldeans (compare Jer 25:38).
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