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Jeremiah 20:16

Jeremiah 20:16

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

As the cities which the Lord overthrow. It is, so to speak, the "technical term" for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah which Jeremiah employs. So deeply imprinted was the tradition on the Hebrew mind, that a special word was appropriated to it, which at once called up thoughts of the awful justice of God (see ; (?); ; ; (22); ; ). The cry … the shouting. The cry of the besieged for help; the shouting of the suddenly appearing assailants (comp. ).

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