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Jeremiah 5:31

Jeremiah 5:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

prophets: Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:25-26; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 13:6; Micah 3:11; Matthew 7:15-17; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; 2 Peter 2:1-2

bear rule: or, take into their hands

my people: Isaiah 30:10-11; Micah 2:6, Micah 2:11; John 3:19-21; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11; 2 Timothy 4:3-4

and what: Jeremiah 4:30-31, Jeremiah 22:22-23; Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 10:3, Isaiah 20:6, Isaiah 33:14; Lamentations 1:9; Ezekiel 22:14; Zephaniah 2:2-3

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