Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
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Gill's Exposition
If I go forth into the field,.... Without the city, where was the camp of the enemy besieging it
then behold the slain with the sword! the sword of the enemy; who by sallying out of the city upon…
The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer 14:17, Jer 14:18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer 14:19),…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
them that are sick with famine lit. as mg. the sicknesses of famine.
go about mg. traffick. Such is the sense of the Heb. verb elsewhere, e.g. Gen 34:10; Gen 34:21, but the corresponding consonants in…
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