11<\/strong>. jackals<\/em> ] mentioned again chs. Jer 10:22<\/span> [Jer 14:6<\/span> ], Jer 49:33<\/span> [Jer 51:37<\/span> ].<\/p>\n Verse 11<\/span>. A den of dragons<\/B><\/I>] tannim<\/I> is supposed to mean here jackals<\/I>; the chakal<\/I> is a beast frequent in the east, an attendant on the lion, the refuse of whose prey he devours. It is an animal that seems to have been bred originally between the wolf<\/I> and the dog<\/I>. The original is sometimes interpreted, dragons,<\/I> whales<\/I>, &c.<\/P> <\/p>\n Heaps, viz. of stones and rubbish. <\/P> A den of dragons; noting a desolate place, not any longer fit for fine habitation of mankind, as the next words do speak; but for hideous beasts; as they had made use of the temple for a den of thieves, Jer 7:11<\/span>. The same also he afterwards threatens on Babylon herself, Jer 51:37<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 11. And<\/B>omit “And.”Jehovah here resumes His speech from Jer9:9<\/span>. <\/P> heaps<\/B>(see on Isa25:2<\/span>). <\/P> dragons<\/B>jackals.<\/P><\/p>\n And I will make Jerusalem heaps<\/strong>,…. That is, the walls and houses of it shall be thrown down, and become heaps of stones and rubbish:<\/p>\n and a den of dragons<\/strong>; only inhabited by wild beasts:<\/p>\n and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without inhabitant<\/strong>; so that the calamity would be universal; not only Jerusalem, but all the cities of the land, would be destroyed, forsaken, and uninhabited.<\/p>\n The Prophet comes now toJerusalem and the neighhouring cities. He said before, that ruin would reach the mountains and the farthest recesses; but he says now, I will turn Jerusalem into heaps This seemed incredible, for it was a well fortified city, and also full of inhabitants to defend it: we know besides that the Jews were in confederacy with the kingdom of Egypt. This denunciation then was extremely unwelcome to the Jews. But though they thought themselves hitherto safe, yet the Prophet set before their eyes their final destruction. They indeed regarded it as a fable; but they found too late, that the despisers of God gain no advantage in hardening· themselves against his threatenings. We shall meet with this verse again; I shall therefore now pass over it lightly. <\/p>\n He says, that it would be hereafter a place for dragons; as though he had said, that it would be no longer inhabited. He declares the same respecting the cities of Judah, — that they would all be a waste. We hence see how courageous and persevering a mind was Jeremiah endued with, that he dared to preach thus in the midst of the city, and to set himself in opposition to the king and his counsellors, and to the whole people, who wished to be soothed with flatteries, and who had been thus treated by the false prophets. As then Jeremiah was thus bold, as a celestial herald, to denounce on them this dreadful calamity, we hence learn that he was endued with the power of God, and that he did not speak as one commissioned by men; for had he not been sustained by God’s power, he must have been a hundred times disheartened, nor would he have dared to speak a word. This invincible courage seals his doctrine; ibr we hence with certainty learn, that it proceeded from God, because the wonderful power of the ttoly Spirit was evident. He afterwards adds — <\/p>\n (11) A den of dragons.<\/strong>Better, here and in Jer. 10:22<\/span>; Isa. 13:22<\/span>, jackals. <\/em>The word means, literally, a howler. <\/em>The English version follows the LXX. and Vulgate versions; but even taking dragons in its non-mythical sense as applied to some species of serpent, there is nothing in the word to lead us to assign this meaning. The mistake has probably arisen from the likeness of the word to those translated serpent in Exo. 7:9-10<\/span>; Exo. 7:12<\/span>, whale in Gen. 1:21<\/span> and Job. 7:12<\/span>, and dragons in Psa. 74:13<\/span>; Psa. 91:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n 11<\/strong>. <\/strong> Dragons <\/strong> Rather, jackals. <\/em> Fittingly associated with the ruinous stone heaps <\/strong> of Jerusalem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Jer 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.<\/p>\n Ver. 11. And I will make Jerusalem heaps.<\/strong> ] So small a distance is there, saith Seneca, between a great city and none. The world is as full of mutation as of motion. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And a den of dragons.<\/strong> ] Because she made mine house a den of thieves. Jer 7:11 <\/p>\n dragons = jackals. <\/p>\n Jerusalem: Jer 26:18, Jer 51:37, Neh 4:2, Psa 79:1, Isa 25:2, Mic 1:6, Mic 3:12 <\/p>\n a den: Jer 10:22, Isa 13:22, Isa 34:13, Rev 18:2 <\/p>\n the cities: Jer 34:22, Isa 44:26, Lam 2:2, Lam 2:7, Lam 2:8 <\/p>\n desolate: Heb. desolation, Jer 25:11, Jer 25:18, Lam 3:47, Mic 6:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 26:31 – And I will make Lev 26:32 – And I Deu 28:16 – in the city Jos 8:28 – an heap Job 15:28 – which are ready Psa 137:3 – wasted us Isa 24:12 – General Jer 1:15 – and against Jer 2:15 – his cities Jer 4:7 – to Jer 6:8 – lest I Jer 7:20 – Behold Jer 12:11 – made it Jer 18:16 – make Jer 22:6 – surely Jer 44:2 – a desolation Jer 49:33 – a dwelling Lam 1:1 – sit Lam 1:4 – all her gates Lam 3:11 – he hath made Lam 5:18 – the foxes Eze 6:6 – the cities Eze 12:19 – that her Eze 33:28 – I will lay Zep 1:13 – their goods Zep 1:18 – but Mal 1:3 – the<\/p>\n Jer 9:11. The preceding verse has to do with the country in general while this one is concerned with Jerusalem especially because it was the capital of Judah. Heaps is from a word that is defined “ruins” in the lexicon, and it is a prediction of the disorder that will be wrought in the city by the enemy. The desolated condition in which the cities were to be left is the reason for mentioning the wild creatures that would live there. The Biblical account of the fulfillment is in 2Ki 24:10-16.<\/p>\n The Lord would make Jerusalem a wasteland where jackals (or wolves) would prowl freely without fear of human interference (cf. Jer 10:22; Jer 49:33; Jer 51:37). He would also make the other cities of Judah uninhabited desolations. Jeremiah might have wanted to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness (Jer 9:2), but God would turn the city into a wilderness.<\/p>\n And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. 11. jackals ] mentioned again chs. Jer 10:22 [Jer 14:6 ], Jer 49:33 [Jer 51:37 ]. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 11. 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