16. his horses--the Chaldean's.
was heard--the prophetical past for the future.
from Dan--bordering on Phœnicia. This was to be
Nebuchadnezzar's route in invading Israel; the cavalry in
advance of the infantry would scour the country.
strong ones--a poetical phrase for steeds, peculiar to Jeremiah
(Jer 47:3;
compare
Jer 4:13, 29; 6:23).
JFB.
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