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Jeremiah 50:15

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 50:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Shout against her; i.e. raise the battle cry (comp. ; ). She hath given her hand. This action is generally mentioned as a pledge of friendship or a ratification of a promise (; ; ); but the notion of surrender or submission would naturally follow (so in ; ).

Dr. Payne Smith well quotes the words of Turnus, when begging his life of AEneas, "Vicisti, et victum tendere palmas Ausonii videre" ('AEneid,' 12.936). Her foundations. The word is difficult, but a comparison with the Syriac suggests the rendering, her walls.

"Foundations" is obviously wrong.

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