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“‘Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, “Peace;” and there is no peace. When one builds up a wall, behold, they plaster it with whitewash.
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Verse 10. Straw. Iniquity ruins my people, ( Calmet.) and these do not endeavour to reform their manners. Bible.—They ought to demolish such a work, and not dab it over. Theod.—One false prophet builds, and another strives to support his authority; (Jun.) or God has given the people his law, but these people corrupt it. Saint Jerome—A wall built without proper mortar, will easily be washed down: so vain hopes of security, without amendment, deceive the people. Worthington.
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