Jeremiah 50:15 - Exposition

Shout against her ; i.e. raise the battle cry (comp. Joshua 6:16 ; Isaiah 42:13 ). She hath given her hand. This action is generally mentioned as a pledge of friendship or a ratification of a promise ( 2 Kings 10:15 ; Ezekiel 17:18 ; Ezra 10:19 ); but the notion of surrender or submission would naturally follow (so in 1 Chronicles 29:24 ; 2 Chronicles 30:8 ). Dr. Payne Smith well quotes the words of Turnus, when begging his life of AE neas, "Vicisti, et victum tendere palmas Ausonii videre" (' AE neid,' 12.936). Her foundations. The word is difficult, but a comparison with the Syriac suggests the rendering, her walls. "Foundations" is obviously wrong.