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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 49:31 - 49:31
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wealthy - rather, “tranquil” (1Ch 4:40).
neither gates nor bars - The Arabs, lying out of the track of the contending powers of Asia and Africa, took no measures of defense and had neither walled cities nor gates (Eze 38:11). They thought their scanty resources and wilderness position would tempt no foe.
alone - separated from other nations, without allies; and from one another scattered asunder. So as to Israel’s isolation (Num 23:9; Deu 33:28; Mic 7:14).