Jeremiah 40

Jeremiah 40:4

Pass away - Shall be taken away by their enemies.

Jeremiah 40:5

Why - The people at length seem to bethink themselves, and thus to bespeak each other. Silent - Keep close within our walls.

Jeremiah 40:7

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.

Jeremiah 40:8

Shall bite - There will be no appeasing their fury by any method.

Jeremiah 40:9

Sorrow - The prophet now seems to speak, how greatly the calamity of this people affected him.

Jeremiah 40:10

Why - As if God should seem to reply; let them not think it strange, seeing they have turned their backs upon me, and trusted to idols.

Jeremiah 40:12

Am I hurt - The prophet here shews how deeply he is affected with the peoples misery. Black - I am as those that are clad in deep mourning.

Jeremiah 40:16

A lodging place - Some retiring place, though it were but some mean hut in the wilderness.