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Jeremiah 18:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 18:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:21

Theological / Devotional

Deliver up their children. For an explanation of the seemingly vengeful tone of vs. 21-23 see on imprecatory psalms, Vol. III, p. 624.

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