Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, he shall come up as clouds,.... Meaning the lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 4:7,
"the king with his army (as the Targum paraphrases it); he shall come up against them as a cloud that ascendeth and…
Barnes' Notes
His troops move on in large masses like dark threatening clouds Joe 2:2. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled - Jeremiah’s own cry of grief.
God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion. This…
Cambridge Bible
as clouds a further simile for the invader. Cp. Eze 38:16, and Joe 2:2.
his chariotsshall be as the whirlwind Cp. Isa 5:28; Isa 66:15.
eagles rather, griffons(gypsi fulvus), a species of vulture. Cp.…
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