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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 5:22

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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sand--Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [CALVIN], (Job 26:10; Job 38:10-11; Pro 8:29; Rev 15:4).
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