22. north . . . sides of the earth —The ancients were little acquainted with the north; therefore it is called the remotest regions (as the Hebrew for "sides" ought to be translated, see on :- ) of the earth. The Chaldees are meant ( Jeremiah 1:15 ; Jeremiah 5:15 ). It is striking that the very same calamities which the Chaldeans had inflicted on Zion are threatened as the retribution to be dealt in turn to themselves by Jehovah ( Jeremiah 5:15- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-23" class="com-number"
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