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Jeremiah 8:16

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The snorting: Grotius observes, after Jerome, that Nebuchadnezzar, having subdued Phoenicia, passed through Dan, in his way to Jerusalem.

was heard: Jeremiah 4:15-16; Judges 18:29, Judges 20:1

the whole: Jeremiah 4:24; Habakkuk 3:10

at the: Jeremiah 6:23, Jeremiah 47:3; Judges 5:22; Nahum 1:4-5, Nahum 3:2

of his strong ones: Of his war-horses, This is a fine image; so terrible was the united neighings of the cavalry of the Babylonians, that the reverberation of the air caused the ground to tremble.

all that is in it: Heb. the fulness thereof, Psalms 24:1; 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28

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