OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 22:7

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I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

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Verse 7. Prepare. Lit. sanctify; ( Challoner.) as various religious ceremonies were used before the declaration of war, and to know what would be the success. Calmet.—The Chaldees were destined to execute God’s decrees. Saint Jerome—Cedars; fine buildings, (verse 14. Calmet.) and chiefs. Bible.

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