Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? - Shall our weak forces be able to oppose and overcome the powers of the Chaldeans? נחשת nechasheth, which we here translate steel, property signifies brass or copper united with tin, which gives it much hardness, and enables it to bear a good edge.
The steel - "brass," i. e., bronze. By the "iron" is meant Jeremiah's intercession; but this cannot alter the divine purpose to send Judah into exile, which is firm as steel and brass. For "brass" see Exodus 25:3 note. The alloy of copper and zinc now called brass was entirely unknown to the ancients.
15:12 The northern iron - As the northern iron and steel is the hardest, and no iron could break that, so God having edged and hardened their enemies, the Chaldeans, all opposition to them would signify nothing.