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Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
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Verse 11. Watching. Hebrew “of an almond.” Septuagint “nut-tree.” Bible.—The almond-tree flourishes in January, and bears fruit in March. Theod. Pliny xvi. 25.—Thus God will speedily send his scourge from Babylon, to punish his people. Calmet.—The sense is the same. Menochius.—God’s law is outwardly bitter, but the kernel is sweet. Theod. Worthington.
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