Jer 6:22-24 | JFB | STEP | 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 ( ; 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 6:22-24

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 Is 14:13) of the earth. The Chaldees are meant (Jr 1:15; 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 (Jr 50:41-43).

23. like the sea--(Is 5:30).

as men for war--not that they were like warriors, for they were warriors; but "arrayed most perfectly as warriors" [Maurer].

24. fame thereof--the report of them.