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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Jeremiah 28:4

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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I will bring: This was doubtless grateful news to the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as Nebuchadnezzar's deputy. Hananiah seems to have been more desirous of popular than regal favour; for this prediction could not be altogether agreeable to Zedekiah. But he was evidently a weak as well as a wicked prince, and very generally despised. Jeconiah: Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, Coniah, Jer 24:1, Jer 52:31-34; Kg2 25:27-30, Jehoiachin captives: Heb. captivity, Jer 24:5 \*marg. I will break: Jer 28:2, Jer 28:10, Jer 2:20, Jer 30:8; Gen 27:40; Isa 9:4; Nah 1:13 Jeremiah 28:5
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