Who is the wise man that may understand this?.... Not the calamity, but the cause of it; a man of wisdom would inquire into it, find it out, and understand it; but the intimation is, that there was not a wise man among them, at least very few; there were scarce any that took any notice of these things, or were concerned about them:and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken; and foretold this desolation and destruction; meaning a prophet:that he may declare it; as from the Lord, namely, what follows:for what the land perisheth, and is burnt like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
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Jeremiah 9:12
Jeremiah 9:12
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