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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 5:16 |
King James |
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| open sepulchre--(Compare Psa 5:9). Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Their quiver - See Jer 4:29, note. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Their quiver is an open sepulcher - They are such exact archers as never to miss their mark; every arrow is sure to slay one man. |
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.