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Jeremiah 4:29

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 4:29

Verse 29 of 31

Scripture focus

The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city [shall be] forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

Jeremiah 4:29 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 4:29

Theological / Devotional

The whole city. Or, “every city,” as the same Hebrew phrase is translated in the second part of the verse. The inhabitants of the cities would flee at the approach of the hostile armies.

Horsemen and bowmen. A characteristic manner of picturing Assyrian and Chaldean armies on the monuments.

Upon the rocks. Rather, “among the rocks,” or, “in the rocks.” Rocks and caves had often been used as places of refuge during the history of the Jews (see Judges 6:2; 1 Sam. 13:6; 14:11; 24:3; 1 Kings 18:13; Jer. 16:16).

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