Spear - Properly, a javelin for hurling at the enemy (see 1 Samuel 17:6 note): an ordinary weapon of the Babylonians.

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Bow and spear. —As before (Jeremiah 5:16), the special weapons of the Chaldeans. The “spear” was a javelin, shot or hu…

It was no useless repetition when the Prophet said so often that God said. He might have said only, “Behold, a nation shall come from the …

They shall lay hold on bow and spear
That is, everyone of them should be furnished with both these pieces of armour,…

God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…

1. Here, he describes the coming of the enemy explicitly.