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Zephaniah is not mentioned here as in Jer 21: 1, but is so in Jer 37: 3.

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The term Shace was applied to a festival at Babylon, alluded to in Jer 51: 39, 57; Isa

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Contrast his feeling here with that in Jer 15: 16, when he enjoyed the full presence of God, and was inspired by His words.

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As in Jer 51: 12 the Babylonians were told to "set up the standard," so here her foes are told to do so: the latter, to good purpose; the former, in vain.

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Answer to the question in Jer 46: 7. waters ... moved like the rivers -- The rise of the Nile is gentle; but at the mouth it, unlike most rivers, is much agitated, owing to the sandbanks impeding its course, and so it rushes into the sea like a cataract.

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(Gesenius translates, "together with," instead of "in"; as the Hebrew is translated in Jer 11: 19; Ho 5: 6; but this is not absolutely needed), "the substance" of both of which God

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"Yet for all this," referring to the sad example of Israel; if Jer 3: 9 referred to Judah, "she" would have been written in Jer 3: 10, not

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We are not to draw an example from this, which is a special case. put to death -- or, as in Jer 15: 2, "perish by the death plague"

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National guilt had caused the suspension of these national mercies mentioned in Jer 5: 24 (compare Jer 3: 3).

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Almighty -- the thunder (Ps 29: 3, 4). voice of speech -- rather, "the voice" or "sound of tumult," as in Jer

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