Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord,.... The Targum adds,"to bring evil upon them.''Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? the Targum is,"or of a people whose works are such, shall I not take vengeance according to my pleasure?'
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Jeremiah 9:9
Jeremiah 9:9
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