Jeremiah 8:16
in Jeremiah 8The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
KJV
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
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This verse in Jeremiah 8
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Verse 16.) And a sound of his horses was heard, from the voice of the neighing of his warriors (or cavalry) the whole earth was shaken. And they came and devoured (or they will come and devour) the land and its abundance, the city and its inhabitants. Therefore, as the Septuagint translated above, the people did not say: Let us enter fortified cities, but a fortified city, to signify Jerusalem. Finally, even now he brings forth: the city and its inhabitants.
This site's exposition
We hoped for peace, but no good has come
on Jeremiah 8:15-17
The cry “We hoped for peace, but no good has come” answers the false prophets of 6:14 and 8:11. The invasion is announced by sound, “The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan”. The “vipers that cannot be charmed” picture an enemy immune to the usual remedies.
This site's exposition
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan
Clarke places the army after the battle of Carchemish, when Nebuchadnezzar entered the land from the north in pursuit of the Egyptians. Wesley notes that the prophets speak of a certain thing as already done. The land quakes before the city falls.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
The snorting - The fury of the Chaldeans march is described by the snorting of their horses, which is a noise they make through their nostrils. Heard - Even to Jerusalem. Have devoured - It is spoken in a prophetical style, who use to express the certainty of what shall be, as if it actually were already.
), the noise of the enemies' horses was heard from Dan. Their false prophets had cried Peace, peace, to them, which made it the more terrible when the scene of war opened on a sudden.
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The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan,.... That is, was heard at Jerusalem.
They are soon apprehensive that it is to no purpose to make head against such a mighty force; they and their people are quite dispirited; and, when the courage of a nation is gone, their numbers will stand them in little stead.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan - From this to the end of Jer 8:15 is repeated from Babylon to Jerusalem; and it was by this city, after the battle of Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar, in pursuing the Egyptians, entered Palestine. The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones - Of his war horses. This is a fine image; so terrible was the united neighing of the cavalry of the Babylonians that the reverberation of the air caused the ground to tremble.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Dan - i. e. the northern boundary of the land. His strong ones - i. e., “his war-horses.”
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִדָּ֤ן | midan | from Dan | H1835 → | |
| נִשְׁמַע֙ | nishma' | it has been heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| נַחְרַ֣ת | nachrat | [the] snorting of | H5170 → | |
| סוּסָ֗יו | susav | horses his | H5483 → | 140 times |
| מִקּוֹל֙ | mikol | from [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| מִצְהֲל֣וֹת | mitzhalot | [the] neighings of | H4684 → | |
| אַבִּירָ֔יו | ʾabirav | mighty [horses] his | H47 → | 17 times |
| רָעֲשָׁ֖ה | raashah | it has shaken | H7493 → | 30 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ | vaiyavou | and they have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ | vaiyokhelu | and they have consumed | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ | umeloah | and what fills it | H4393 → | |
| עִ֖יר | ʾir | [the] city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי | veyoshevei | and [the] inhabitants | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָֽהּ׃ ס | vah | in <the> it |
מִדָּ֤ןfrom Dan
midanH1835 →
נִשְׁמַע֙it has been heard
nishma'H8085 →1159 times
נַחְרַ֣ת[the] snorting of
nachratH5170 →
סוּסָ֗יוhorses his
susavH5483 →140 times
מִקּוֹל֙from [the] sound of
mikolH6963 →506 times
מִצְהֲל֣וֹת[the] neighings of
mitzhalotH4684 →
אַבִּירָ֔יוmighty [horses] his
ʾabiravH47 →17 times
רָעֲשָׁ֖הit has shaken
raashahH7493 →30 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וַיָּב֗וֹאוּand they have come
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙and they have consumed
vaiyokheluH398 →810 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּand what fills it
umeloahH4393 →
עִ֖יר[the] city
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵיand [the] inhabitants
veyosheveiH3427 →1079 times
בָֽהּ׃ סin <the> it
vah
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:28But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 8:10–13
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
- Romans 14:15
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it…
- 1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
- Psalms 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10–13
Through
Judges 18:29They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:47
(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there,…
- Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
- 1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
- Joshua 19:47
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.