OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 21:13

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Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”

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Verse 13. Valley. He speaks to Jerusalem, confiding in the strength of her situation, upon rocks, surrounded with a deep valley. Challoner.—Lit. “valley, solid and in a plain.” Bible.—Isaias (22:1) styles it ironically, “the valley of vision.” Calmet.—Jerusalem was situated on many rocks. Jos. Bel. vi. 6.

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