15. For . . . from Dan--The connection is: There is danger in delay;
for the voice of a messenger announces the approach of the Chaldean
enemy from Dan, the northern frontier of Palestine
(Jer 8:16;
compare
Jer 4:6;
Jer 1:14).
Mount Ephraim--which borders closely on Judah; so that the foe is
coming nearer and nearer. Dan and Beth-el in Ephraim were the two
places where Jeroboam set up the idolatrous calves
(1Ki 12:29);
just retribution.
JFB.
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