Jer 1:14-15, Zep 2:13 | JFB | e4.org | 14. break forth —"shall disclose itself." Out of the north — ( ). The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C. ; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.

‏ Jeremiah 1:14-15

14. break forth—"shall disclose itself."

Out of the north— (Jer 4:6; 6:1, 22; 10:22; 25:9; Eze 26:7). The Chaldeans did not cast off the yoke of Assyria till several years after, under Nabopolassar, 625 B.C.; but long previously they had so increased as to threaten Assyria, which was now grown weak, and other neighboring peoples.

15. families—the tribes or clans composing the various kingdoms of Babylon; the specification of these aggravates the picture of calamity (Jer 25:9).

throne at . . . gates—the usual place of administering justice. The conquering princes will set up their tribunal there (Jer 39:3, 5; 52:9). Or the reference is to the military pavilion (Jer 43:10) [MAURER].

‏ Zephaniah 2:13

13. Here he passes suddenly to the north. Nineveh was destroyed by Cyaxares and Nabopolassar, 625 B.C. The Scythian hordes, by an inroad into Media and thence in the southwest of Asia (thought by many to be the forces described by Zephaniah, as the invaders of Judea, rather than the Chaldeans), for a while interrupted Cyaxares' operations; but he finally succeeded. Arbaces and Belesis previously subverted the Assyrian empire under Sardanapalus (that is, Pul?), 877 B.C.