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Jeremiah 21:1

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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

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Verse 1. Sent, after Nabuchodonosor had returned from Egypt. A. 3415. This consultation should be placed after Calmet. 37. Calmet.—Phassur, specified above, and Calmet. 38:1. ( Calmet.) or a different person. Saint Jerome Pisc.—Sophonias, the second priest, (Calmet. 37:3 and 52:24) of the 24th class, (1 Chronicles 24:18) who was slain at Reblatha. Calmet.—Jeremias threatens the great ones to Calmet. 29 and is persecuted. He spoke this when Nabuchodonosor invaded the country. Worthington.

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