OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 37:6

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Then the LORD’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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Verse 6. Return, routed. Calmet. 46:15. His army was small. Ezekiel 17:17 and 30:21. This king Ephree, (Calmet. 44:30) or Apries, had succeeded Psammis, after an interregnum of ten years’ continuance. Herod. ii. 161.—He foresaw that his own dominions would be invaded, after Jerusalem, the key, was taken. The other allies of Juda perfidiously sat still, or joined the Chaldees. Calmet.

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