OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 44:26

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“Therefore hear the LORD’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says the LORD, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord GOD lives.”

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Verse 26. Liveth. They swore by his name as by that of idols. God could not abide such company. Calmet.—Not one of these obstinate Jews shall be spared. verse 14. Others, like Jeremias, the Septuagint and the holy family, no doubt called upon the Lord in the land of Egypt. Bible.

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