OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 8:20

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“The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”

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Verse 20. Saved. Our hopes of redress are vanished. We must still pine away for want of food. Bible.—The siege continues, though we had been assured it would shortly be terminated. Calmet.—It commenced January 30, A. 3414. Soon after Nabuchodonosor went to meet Pharao, and having defeated him, returned about June, A. 3415, and after 390 days took the city, 27th of July, A. 3416. Usher Calmet. 39:2. Calmet. Ezekiel 4:5. Bible.

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