Jeremiah 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

strength. power, or might. Hebrew. hasen. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 20:7. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the wealth acquired by strength.

Jeremiah 20:5

5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.