Jeremiah 5:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

I will bring. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92.

a nation: i.e. the Chaldeans, but not yet named as such.

ancient. Compare Genesis 10:10.

understandest. hearest. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is understood. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:2.

Jeremiah 5:15

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.