And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
Ver. 3. And I will appoint over them four kinds.] Heb., Families, or kindreds - i.e., quatuor cognata carnivora, dogs, birds, and beasts being added to the former four evils, Jer 15:2 quasi per auxesin.