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Jeremiah 42:18

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As mine: The people had witnessed the tremendous effects of the wrath of God, in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem; and had they not been past feeling, this denunciation must have made their ears tingle, and appalled their very souls. Jeremiah 6:11, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 39:1-9, Jeremiah 52:4-11; 2 Kings 25:4-7; 2 Chronicles 34:25, 2 Chronicles 36:16-19; Lamentations 2:4, Lamentations 4:11; Ezekiel 22:22; Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:27; Nahum 1:6; Revelation 14:10, Revelation 16:2-21

ye shall be: Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 29:22, Jeremiah 44:12; Deuteronomy 29:21-22; 1 Kings 9:7-9; Isaiah 65:15; Zechariah 8:13

and ye shall see: Jeremiah 22:10-12, Jeremiah 22:27

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