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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 16:12

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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ye--emphatic: so far from avoiding your fathers' bad example, ye have done worse (Jer 7:26; Kg1 14:9). imagination--rather, "stubborn perversity." that they may not hearken--rather, connected with "ye"; "ye have walked . . . so as not to hearken to Me."
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