Jeremiah 6:5

Arise, and let us go up by night,.... Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and…

Up! and we will make the assault “by night!” And destroy “her palaces.” The generals delay the assault until the next morning. The soldiers consider themselves aggrieved at this, and clamour for a…

Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under no apprehension of danger; they saw no cloud gathering, but every thing looked…

The impatience of the soldiers at the delay takes the form of a demand for a night assault. Cp. Isa 15:1.

palaces LXX here and often translate by θεμέλια, foundations, though varying much elsewhere in…