Jer 46:16, 50:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. He —Jehovah. made many to fall —literally, "multiplied the faller," that is, fallers. one fell upon another — ( ): even before the enemy strikes them ( ). let us go again to our own people —the language of the confederates and mercenaries, exhorting one another to desert the Egyptian standard, and return to their respective homes ( ). from the oppressing sword —from the cruel sword, namely, of the Chaldeans (compare ).

Jeremiah 46:16

16. He—Jehovah.

made many to fall—literally, "multiplied the faller," that is, fallers.

one fell upon another— (Jer 46:6, 12): even before the enemy strikes them (Le 26:37).

let us go again to our own people—the language of the confederates and mercenaries, exhorting one another to desert the Egyptian standard, and return to their respective homes (Jer 46:9, 21).

from the oppressing sword—from the cruel sword, namely, of the Chaldeans (compare Jer 25:38).

Jeremiah 50:16

16. Babylon had the extent rather of a nation than of a city. Therefore grain was grown within the city wall sufficient to last for a long siege [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2; PLINY, 18.17]. Conquerors usually spare agriculturists, but in this case all alike were to be "cut off."

for fear of . . . oppressing sword—because of the sword of the oppressor.

every one to his people—from which they had been removed to Babylon from all quarters by the Chaldean conquerors (Jer 51:9; Isa 13:14).