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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 40:4

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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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look well unto thee--the very words of Nebuchadnezzar's charge (Jer 39:12). all the land is before thee . . . seemeth good-- (Gen 20:15, Margin). Jeremiah alone had the option given him of staying where he pleased, when all the rest were either carried off or forced to remain there.
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