behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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The term families is probably used here to signify the widespread empire of Nebuchadnezzar.
My servant — This title, so remarkable in …

The families of the north. —The phrase reminds us of the vision of “the seething pot from the face of the north” in Jerem…

What follows is a denunciation of punishment; the Prophet says that God would no longer deal with them merely in words, because their iniquity had …

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north ,
says the Lord .
The Targ…

The fixing of the time during which the Jewish captivity should last, would not only confirm the prophecy, but also comfort the people of God, and …

Here, the prophet threatens punishment:
First is the punishment the Babylonians inflicted. The prophet describes the enemy: be…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes