Jeremiah 22:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

O. Figure of speech Apostrophe.

inhabitant. inhabitress: i.e. Zion.

Lebanon. Figure of speech Metalepsis: "Lebanon" put for the cedars grown there, then "cedars" put for the houses built of the timber.

how gracious. how greatly to be pitied.

Jeremiah 22:23

23 O inhabitantd of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!