25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
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Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-30)Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem ( Jer. 6:18 , 19 ): “ Hear, you nations, and know particularly, O congregation of the mighty, the great men of the nations, that take cognizance of the affairs of states about you and make remarks upon them. Observe now what is doing among those of Judah and Jer…
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