OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 11:20

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But, LORD of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

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Verse 20. Sabaoth. That is, of hosts or armies; a name frequently given to God, in the Scriptures.—Thy revenge. This was rather a prediction of what was to happen, with an approbation of the divine justice, than an imprecation. Challoner.—He speaks of the impenitent, (Saint Jerome) and wishes they may be converted.

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