OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 48:10

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“Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

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Verse 10. Deceitfully. In the Greek, negligently. The work of God here spoken of, is the punishment of the Moabites. Challoner.—Woe to those who spare those whom God orders to be destroyed, as Saul and Achab did. 1 Kennicott. 15:8. 23 and 3 Kennicott. 20:32. 42. The zeal of the Levites, Phinees, and so forth is rewarded. Exodus 32:27. Numbers 20:8.

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