Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:10

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10. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (see on Jeremiah 4:27 ). battlements —rather, tendrils [MAURER]: the state being compared to a vine ( Jeremiah 4:27- : ), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"