Jer 8:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. spake not aright-- that is, not so as penitently to confess that they acted wrong. Compare what follows. every one ... his course-- The Keri reads "course," but the Chetib, "courses." "They persevere in the courses whatever they have once entered on." Their wicked ways were diversified. horse rusheth-- literally, "pours himself forth," as water that has burst its embankment. The mad rapidity of the war horse is the point of comparison ( ).

‏ Jeremiah 8:6

6. spake not aright--that is, not so as penitently to confess that they acted wrong. Compare what follows.

every one ... his course--The Keri reads "course," but the Chetib, "courses." "They persevere in the courses whatever they have once entered on." Their wicked ways were diversified.

horse rusheth--literally, "pours himself forth," as water that has burst its embankment. The mad rapidity of the war horse is the point of comparison (Job 39:19-25).