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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 32:24

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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mounts--mounds of earth raised as breastworks by the besieging army, behind which they employed their engines, and which they gradually pushed forward to the walls of the city. behold, thou seest it--connected with Jer 32:25. Thou seest all this with Thine own eyes, and yet (what seems inconsistent with it) Thou commandest me to buy a field.
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