Jeremiah 6:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Cast a mount— The margin of our Bibles reads, Pour out the engine of shot. The original word סללה solelah, signifies a warlike engine used in sieges for casting stones or missile weapons. See Pilkington's Remarks, and Calmet's Dissertation, Sur la Milice des anciens Hebreux.

Jeremiah 6:6

6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and castb a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.