beaten down. crushed.
fled apace. Figure of speech Polyptoton. Hebrew fled. flight. Well rendered "fled apace".
fear was round about. Hebrew. magor missabib. terror round about. See note on Jeremiah 6:25.
saith, &c. See note on Jeremiah 45:5.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 46:5
Jeremiah 46:5
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.