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Jeremiah 5:16

Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Their quiver is an open sepulchre,.... The Chaldeans used bows and arrows in fighting; and the quiver is a case for arrows; and the phrase denotes, that their arrows would do great execution, and be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 5:10-19

We may observe in these verses, as before,

I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer 5:10. But is there…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Their quiver is an open sepulchre Their arrows are deadly. Cp. Psa 5:9.

Their quiver Cp. Jer 4:29 ("bowmen").

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