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make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
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The 'Watchers' are an Army
Commentators unanimously clarify that the "watchers" mentioned are not passive observers but the active, besieging army from Babylon. Scholars explain the original Hebrew term implies an enemy force that will surround and "shut up" the cities of Judah, raising a war cry to signal their imminent and certain victory.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Proclaim to the pagan, Behold! Cry aloud concerning Jerusalem, that watchers are on their way from a far country: and wi…
19th Century
Anglican
Make ye mention. —Better, Proclaim to the nations; behold. Call them to gaze on the ruin of Jerusalem, then, Cry alou…
Baptist
How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from Mount Ephraim. Make mention to…
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16th Century
Protestant
The beginning of this verse is variously explained. Some read, "Remember you the nations," and think that the Prophet says this because many of the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Make you mention to the nations This, according to Kimchi, is the sum and substance of the voice from Dan.
It…
The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he predicts the siege:
The messenger of the siege. From Dan, whose land the Chaldeans would encounter first …
