And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew,.... In his fury, as the Targum and Septuagint add.
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Jeremiah 20:16
Jeremiah 20:16
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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