Jeremiah 8:16 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 8:16

The 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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִדָּ֤ן	mi.Dan	from Dan	H1835 →
נִשְׁמַע֙	nish.Ma'	it has been heard	H8085 →
נַחְרַ֣ת	nach.Rat	[the] snorting of	H5170 →
סוּסָ֗יו	su.Sav	horses his	H5483 →
מִקּוֹל֙	mi.kOl	from [the] sound of	H6963 →
מִצְהֲל֣וֹת	mitz.ha.Lot	[the] neighings of	H4684 →
אַבִּירָ֔יו	'a.bi.Rav	mighty [horses] his	H47 →
רָעֲשָׁ֖ה	ra.'a.Shah	it has shaken	H7493 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they have come	H935 →
וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙	vai.yo.khe.Lu	and they have consumed	H398 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land	H776 →
וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ	u.me.lo.'Ah	and what fills it	H4393 →
עִ֖יר	'ir	[the] city	H5892 →
וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי	ve.Yo.she.vei	and [the] inhabitants	H3427 →
בָֽהּ׃ ס	Vah	in <the> it

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Corinthians 10:28
But 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—
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.
Through
Judges 18:29
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
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.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceNorthern border, at the foot of HermonDanThe northern limit of the land, where the tribe of Dan settled after taking Laish and where Jeroboam set up one of his two golden…

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Jeremiah