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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 28:16

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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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this year . . . die--The prediction was uttered in the fifth month (Jer 28:1); Hananiah's death took place in the seventh month, that is, within two months after the prediction, answering with awful significance to the two years in which Hananiah had foretold that the yoke imposed by Babylon would end. rebellion--opposition to God's plain direction, that all should submit to Babylon (Jer 29:32). Next: Jeremiah Chapter 29
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