Jeremiah 30:15

Why criest thou?— Why criest thou over thy affliction, thy incurable sorrow? it is for the greatness of thy iniquity, and because thy sins were increased, that I have done these things unto thee: Jeremiah 30:16 yet surely all they, &c. "The Chaldeans, Assyrians, Egyptians, Edomites, and others, who have afflicted, oppressed, and persecuted you, shall be devoured and extirpated, while you shall be re-established." The Assyrians, who opposed Israel and Judah, were so destroyed by the Babylonians and Medes, that mention is no more made of their empire. The monarchy of the Chaldeans was overthrown by the Persians, and never recovered itself. The empire of the Egyptians and Persians was destroyed by Alexander. But the Jewish people, who appeared as it were extinct, and annihilated in their dispersion, re-appeared on a sudden, and sprung again as it were from their own ashes, to become as numerous and as powerful as ever. The prophets frequently denounce against these nations the menaces which we read here. See chap. Jeremiah 25:14.Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 49:19. Zephaniah 2 and Calmet.