Jeremiah 6:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Like the sea - (Isaiah 5:30).

As men for war - not that they were like warriors, for they were warriors; but 'arrayed most perfectly as warriors' (Maurer).

Jeremiah 6:23

23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.