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Jeremiah 38:25
Jeremiah 38:25
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectual means of stopping…Jeremiah 38:14-28Jeremiah 38:14-28 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn the foregoing chapter we had the king in close conference with
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hands of his enemies; such a struggle there was in the breast of this…Jeremiah 38:24-28Jeremiah 38:24-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe unkingly position of a king.
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