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Jeremiah 18:12
Jeremiah 18:12
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that…Jeremiah 18 — OverviewJeremiah 18 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeremiah 18:1, Under the type of a potter is shewn God’s absolute power in disposing of nations; Jeremiah 18:11, Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt; Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah prays against his…Jeremiah 18 — OverviewJeremiah 18 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter expresses the sovereign power of God ever his creatures, and his usual methods of dealing with them; it threatens destruction to the Jews for their idolatry; and is closed with the prophet's complaint of…Jeremiah 18:1-23Jeremiah 18:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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