Literally, “Why have I seen? They are terror-stricken! they are giving way back!” The Egyptian army feels that the battle is lost. Overwhe…

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed ...? —The prophet speaks as seeing already in his mind’s eye the confusion of the def…

Jeremiah now uses a form of speaking very common among the Prophets, though different from common usage. For the Prophets, when they announce God’s…

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed [and] turned away back ?
&c.] The Egyptians, after all this preparation for war,…

The whole word of God is against those who do not obey the gospel of Christ; but it is for those, even Gentiles, who turn to Him. The prophecy begi…