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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:22 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:22 |
King James |
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cry--by reason of the enemy bursting in: let their houses be no shelter to them in their calamities [CALVIN].
digged . . . pit-- (Jer 18:20; Psa 57:6; Psa 119:85). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The sack of the city follows with all the horrible cruelties practiced at such a time. |
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.