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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 25:37

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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habitations--rather, carrying out the image "pastures" (see on Jer 25:30). The pasturages where, peaceably and without incursion of wild beasts, the flocks have fed, shall be destroyed; that is, the regions where, heretofore, there was peace and security (alluding to the name Salem, or Jerusalem, "possessing peace").
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