Wherefore will ye plead with me? How can ye be so brazen-faced as to attempt to justify yourselves?
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Jeremiah 2:29
Jeremiah 2:29
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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I. ITS MANY COUNTS.
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