Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 49:24

24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth her self to flee , and fear hath seized on her : anguish and sorrowes have taken her, as a woman in travail .

Syria whose head is Damascus hath lost her old courage and valour; it was wont to be a formidable Country to its Neighbours.

But now they flee before their Enemies.

They are seized, and overpowred by their own fears.

Great sorrows are ordinarily in Scripture expressed by the similitude of the pains of a woman in travail, we have met with it often in this Prophesie, chap. 6.24. and 22.23. so Psal. 48.6. Micah 4.9.

Marginal references: chap. 4.3[illegible: 1 letter]. and 30.6.