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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 32:29

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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burn . . . houses upon whose roofs . . . incense unto Baal--retribution in kind. They burnt incense to Baal, on the houses, so the houses shall be burnt (Jer 19:13). The god of fire was the object of their worship; so fire shall be the instrument of their punishment. to provoke me--indicating the design, not merely the event. They seemed to court God's "anger," and purposely to "provoke" Him.
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