Jeremiah 33:13 - Exposition

In the cities, etc. A parallel description to Jeremiah 17:26 ; Jeremiah 32:44 . The vale; rather, the lowland (about the Mediterranean, on the south). The south. It is the Negeb, or south country, which is meant. Under the hands; rather, at the beck. Of him that telleth them. Comp. Milton, 'L'Allegro'—

"And every shepherd tolls his tale

Under the hawthorn in the dale."

Virgil, 'Eel.,' 3.34—

" Bisque die numerant ambo pecus, alter et haedos ."