Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of his stallions is heard from Dan. The whole earth shakes at the sound of the neighing of his strong horses. 1 For they will come and consume the land and its wealth, the city and the ones living in it. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15We are hoping for peace, but there will be nothing good. 1 We are hoping for a time of healing, but see, there will be terror.

17For see, I am sending out snakes among you, vipers that you cannot charm. 1 They will bite you—this is Yahweh's declaration.'” 1

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Cross References

Judges 5:22Then came the sound of horses' hooves— 1 galloping, the galloping of his mighty ones. 1

Judges 20:1Then all the people of Israel came out as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead also, and they assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah.

Psalms 24:1The earth is Yahweh's, and its fullness, 1 the world, and all who live in it. 1

Jeremiah 4:15For a voice is bringing news from Dan, and the coming disaster is heard from the mountains of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 6:23They will pick up bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion. 1 Their sound is like the sea roar, 1 and they are riding on horses, 1 set out in order as men for battle, against you, 1 daughter of Zion.'” 1

Jeremiah 47:3At the sound of the stamping of their strong horses' hooves, 1 at the roar of their chariots and the noise of their wheels, 1 fathers will not help their children because of their own weakness. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22

Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have… Read the whole commentary →

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