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Jeremiah 7:5

Jeremiah 7:5

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

If ye thoroughly amend, etc.; a development of the ides of . The true palladium of Judah would be the faithful performance of Jehovah's moral laws, especially those referring to the conduct of the rulers.

Observe the stress which all the prophets lay on the virtues of civil life.

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