Jeremiah 46:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

He-Yahweh-made many to fall - literally, multiplied the faller, i:e., fallers.

One fell upon another - (Jeremiah 46:6; Jeremiah 46:12) even before the enemy strikes them (Leviticus 26:37).

Let us go again to our own people - the language of the confederates and mercenaries, exhorting one another to desert the Egyptian standard and return to their respective homes (Jeremiah 46:9; Jeremiah 46:21).

From the oppressing sword - from the cruel sword, namely, of the Chaldeans (cf. Jeremiah 25:38, note).

Jeremiah 46:16

16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.