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Jeremiah 18:21-23

King James Version (KJV)

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21. 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. 22. Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. 23. Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay [me]: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal [thus] with them in the time of thine anger.

Jeremiah 18:21-23 — 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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