Jeremiah 12:12
12 A destructive army ▼▼ Heb “destroyers.”
will come marching over the hilltops in the desert.
For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon ▼
▼ Heb “It is the Lord’s consuming sword.”
against ▼
▼ Heb “For a sword of the Lord will devour.” The sword is often symbolic for destructive forces of all kinds. Here and in Isa 34:6; Jer 47:6 it is symbolic of the enemy armies that the Lord uses to carry out destructive punishment against his enemies, hence the translation “his destructive weapon.” A similar figure is use in Isa 10:5 where the figure is more clearly identified; Assyria is the rod/club that the Lord will use to discipline unfaithful Israel.
everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe. ▼
▼ Heb “There is no peace to all flesh.”
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