OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 21:14

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I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”

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Verse 14. Doings. Hebrew “studies.” So “Your studious pursuits” occurs, verse 12, in many Hebrew MSS. though the printed copy have, “their;” and “spoiled” for apprised. Kennicott.—Forest, the temple, which is called Libanus, (Zechariah 11:2) and the houses built of cedar-wood, (4 Kennicott. 25:9. Calmet.) particularly the royal palace of the forest. 3 Kennicott. 7. Bible.

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