14. break forth--"shall disclose itself."
Out of the north--
(Jer 4:6; 6:1, 22; 10:22; 25:9;
Eze 26:7).
The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years
after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C.; but long
previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now
grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.
JFB.
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