Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 7:29

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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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Jeremiah addresses Jerusalem under the figure of a woman, who, in grief for her lost children, deprives her head of its chief ornament and goes up to the hills to weep (Jdg 11:37-38; Isa 15:2). hair--flowing locks, like those of a Nazarite. high places--The scene of her idolatries is to be the scene of her mourning (Jer 3:21). generation of his wrath--the generation with which He is wroth. So Isa 10:6; "the people of My wrath."

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