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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 11:19

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Like a lamb or an ox - Rather, “like a tame lamb.” Jeremiah had lived at Anathoth as one of the family, never suspecting that, like a tame lamb, the time would come for him to be killed. The tree with the fruit thereof - The words are those of a proverb or dark saying. All the Churches agree in understanding that under the person of Jeremiah these things are said by Christ. return to 'Top of Page'
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