13. thy people —thy soldiers. women —unable to fight for thee ( Isaiah 19:16 ; Jeremiah 50:37 ; Jeremiah 51:30 ). gates on thy land —the fortified passes or entrances to the region of Nineveh (compare Jeremiah 51:30- : ). Northeast of Nineveh there were hills affording a natural barrier against an invader; the guarded passes through these are probably "the gates of the land" meant. fire shall devour thy bars —the "bars" of the fortresses at the passes into Assyria. So in Assyrian remains the Assyrians themselves are represented as setting fire to the gates of a city [BONOMI, Nineveh, pp. 194, 197]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"
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