Afar off - Or, from afar, from Chaldea, far away from Yahweh’s dwelling in Jerusalem. The verse is a renewed entreaty to the Jews to leave B…

Ye that have escaped the sword ... — The words call on the people to fulfill the prediction of Jeremiah 50:4-5. Even in t…

The Prophet again instructs the faithful to flee quickly from Chaldea; but he says, They who remain from the sword. He then implies that t…

You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still, &c.] The Jews, who had escaped the sword of the Chaldeans when…

The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…