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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 9:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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lodging-place--a caravanseral for caravans, or companies travelling in the desert, remote from towns. It was a square building enclosing an open court. Though a lonely and often filthy dwelling, Jeremiah would prefer even it to the comforts of Jerusalem, so as to be removed from the pollutions of the capital (Psa 55:7-8).
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