Jeremiah 8:16

Jeremiah 8:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)The snorting of the enemy’s horses is heard from Dan; at the neighing of their stallions the whole land trembles. They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The snorting of His horses was heard from Dan. The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of His strong ones; For they have come and devoured the land and all that is in it, The city and those who dwell in it.”

Context of Jeremiah 8:16

14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell in it. 17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Jeremiah 8:16 word by word

מִדָּ֤ן נִשְׁמַע֙ נַחְרַ֣ת סוּסָ֗יו מִקּוֹל֙ מִצְהֲל֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• snortingנַחֲרָהnachar nachărâh · snortingH5170
• horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• trembledרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• neighingמַצְהָלָהmatshâlâh · neighingH4684
• onesאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: stallionH47
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• allמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:16

• Jeremiah 4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and proclaimeth affliction from mount Ephraim.
• Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: but the name of the city was Laish at the first.
• Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.
• Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
• Jeremiah 6:23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
• Jeremiah 47:3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
• Judges 5:22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
• Nahum 1:4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
• Nahum 3:2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’S, and all it containeth; the world, and they that dwell in it.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26For the earth is the Lord’s, and all it containeth.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan - From this to the end of Jeremiah 8:15; is repeated from Babylon to Jerusalem; and it was by this city, after the battle of Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar, in pursuing the Egyptians, entered Palestine. The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones - Of his war horses. This is a fine image; so terrible was the united neighing of the cavalry of the Babylonians that the reverberation…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Dan - i. e. the northern boundary of the land. His strong ones - i. e., “his war-horses.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the present moment should be seized. Is there no medicine proper for a sick and dying kingdom? Is there no skilful, faithful hand to apply the medicine? Yes, God is able to help and to heal them. If sinners die of their wounds, their blood is upon their own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16See Jeremiah 6:22–23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. his horses--the Chaldean's. was heard--the prophetical past for the future. from Dan--bordering on Phoenicia. This was to be Nebuchadnezzar's route in invading Israel; the cavalry in advance of the infantry would scour the country. strong ones--a poetical phrase for steeds, peculiar to Jeremiah (Jr 47:3; compare Jr 4:13, 29; 6:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:16

• Backsliders
• Church
• Dan
• Horse
• Impenitence
• War

In the dictionaries

• Dan
• Laish
• Repent
• Snorting
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Horse
• Jeremiah (2)
• Neesing
• War; Warfare

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings