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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 16:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Eze 24:17, Eze 24:22-23). house of mourning-- (Mar 5:38). Margin, "mourning-feast"; such feasts were usual at funerals. The Hebrew means, in Amo 6:7, the cry of joy at a banquet; here, and Lam 2:19, the cry of sorrow.
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