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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 25:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Jer 7:34; Rev 18:23). The land shall be so desolated that even in the houses left standing there shall be no inhabitant; a terrible stillness shall prevail; no sound of the hand-mill (two circular stones, one above the other, for grinding corn, worked by two women, Exo 11:5; Mat 24:41; in daily use in every house, and therefore forbidden to be taken in pledge, Deu 24:6); no night-light, so universal in the East that the poorest house has it, burning all night. candle--lamp (Job 21:17; Job 18:6).
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