14. Declare . . . publish--as if giving sentence from a tribunal.
Migdol . . . Noph . . . Tahpanhes--east, south, and north. He mentions
the three other quarters, but omits the west, because the Chaldeans did
not advance thither. These cities, too, were the best known to the
Jews, as being in their direction.
sword shall devour round about thee--namely, the Syrians, Jews,
Moabites, and Ammonites (see on
Jer 48:1).
The exhortation is ironical, as in
Jer 46:4, 9.
JFB.
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