The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
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Gill's Exposition
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you,.... The Chaldeans, comparable to these noxious and hurtful creatures, because of the mischief they should do unto them. The Targum is,…
Barnes' Notes
Dan - i. e. the northern boundary of the land. His strong ones - i. e., “his war-horses.”
In these verses we have,
I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I…
Cambridge Bible
Dan See Jer 4:15.
strong ones i.e. war-horses. The same epithet is used as a substitute for the noun, chs. Jer 47:3 ("strong ones"), Jer 50:11 ("strong horses"). The horse was the embodiment of…
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