Jer 18:21 | JFB | STEP | 21. pour out their blood by the force of the sword-- literally, "by the hands of the sword." So . Maurer with Jerome translates, "deliver them over to the power of the sword." But compare , Margin; . In this prayer he does not indulge in personal revenge, as if it were his own cause that was at stake; but he speaks under the dictation of the Spirit, ceasing to intercede, and speaking prophetically, knowing they were doomed to destruction as reprobates; for those not so, he doubtless ceased not to intercede. We are not to draw an example from this, which is a special case. put to death-- or, as in , "perish by the death plague" [Maurer]. men ... young men-- Horsley distinguishes the former as married men past middle age; the latter, the flower of unmarried youth.

‏ Jeremiah 18:21

21. pour out their blood by the force of the sword--literally, "by the hands of the sword." So Eze 35:5. Maurer with Jerome translates, "deliver them over to the power of the sword." But compare Psa 63:10, Margin; Is 53:12. In this prayer he does not indulge in personal revenge, as if it were his own cause that was at stake; but he speaks under the dictation of the Spirit, ceasing to intercede, and speaking prophetically, knowing they were doomed to destruction as reprobates; for those not so, he doubtless ceased not to intercede. We are not to draw an example from this, which is a special case.

put to death--or, as in Jr 15:2, "perish by the death plague" [Maurer].

men ... young men--Horsley distinguishes the former as married men past middle age; the latter, the flower of unmarried youth.