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Jeremiah 1:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

EXPOSITION

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CALL AND CONSECRATION OF JEREMIAH TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY TWO EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS OF THE MATTERS WHICH HE HAS TO ANNOUNCE.

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