Jer 5:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (see on ). battlements-- rather, tendrils [Maurer]: the state being compared to a vine ( ), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed.

‏ Jeremiah 5:10

10. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (see on Jr 4:27).

battlements--rather, tendrils [Maurer]: the state being compared to a vine (Jr 12:10), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed.