Jeremiah 8:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 8:13-22

In these verses we have, I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I will surely consume them (Jer. 8:13), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. 10:23. 1. They shall be quite stripped of all their comforts (Jer.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan ,.... That is, was heard at Jerusalem. It seems to be a hyperbolical expression, showing the certainty of the coming of the Assyrian monarch and his army, to invade Judea, and besiege Jerusalem; the news of which was brought from Dan, which lay in the further part of the land; see Jeremiah 4:15 , and pointing at the way in which they should come northwards, through Phoenicia and the tribe of Dan, with a numerous cavalry of horses and horsemen:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan - From this to the end of Jeremiah 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... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

Verse 16 He says, Heard has been the snorting of horses from Daniel Dan was on the extremities, as it is well known, of the land of Canaan. Some think that the loudness of the noise is intended, as it was heard from such a distance in the holy city itself; but I know not whether this can be gathered from the words of the Prophet. The simpler and the correcter meaning then is, that though Jerusalem rested securely, they were not yet in a quiet state on the borders of the land, for they were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 8:16

The invader is introduced with the same mysterious indefiniteness as in Jeremiah 4:13 . From Dan ; i . e . from the northern frontier (see on Jeremiah 4:15 ). Trembled ; rather, quaked (so Jeremiah 49:21 ). His strong ones . The phrase "strong ones" generally denotes oxen, but here (as in Jeremiah 47:3 ; Jeremiah 50:11 ) horses. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

Dan - i. e. the northern boundary of the land.His strong ones - i. e., “his war-horses.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 8:16

Jeremiah 8:16. The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan Dan was situated in the northern extremity of Palestine, on the side whence the Chaldeans were to come against Jerusalem. Accordingly, Grotius observes, after Jerome, that Nebuchadnezzar, having subdued Phenicia, passed through the tribe of Dan in his way to Judea. When the enemy therefore was advanced so near, it was time for the people of Judah to take the alarm, and to provide for their own safety. The whole land trembled at... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 8:4-17

Sin and its punishment (8:4-17)It is natural for a person who falls to pick himself up again, but the people of Jerusalem who have fallen spiritually make no attempt to return to God (4-6). It is natural for a bird to obey the laws of instinct and know the time to migrate, but the people of Jerusalem do not know the laws of God or when to return to him (7).The teachers of the law, the wisdom teachers, the priests and the prophets have all led the people astray. Instead of denouncing wrongdoing,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 8:16

Dan. The Assyrians entered the land from the north. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 8:16

Jeremiah 8:16. The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan— Dan was situated at the northern extremity of Palestine, on the side whence the Chaldeans were to come against Jerusalem. See chap. Jeremiah 4:15. This verse cannot but remind the learned reader of Virgil's famous description of the horse, which has nothing in it more strong and expressive than the fine words of the prophet; the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones. read more