Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 25:18

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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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Jerusalem--put first: for "judgment begins at the house of God"; they being most guilty whose religious privileges are greatest (Pe1 4:17). kings--Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah. as it is this day--The accomplishment of the curse had already begun under Jehoiakim. This clause, however, may have been inserted by Jeremiah at his final revision of his prophecies in Egypt.

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