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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 29:22 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 29:22 |
King James |
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; |
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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] |
shall be taken . . . a curse--that is, a formula of imprecation.
Lord make thee like Zedekiah--(Compare Gen 48:20; Isa 65:15).
roasted in the fire--a Chaldean punishment (Dan 3:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A curse - There is a play here of words. which probably was the cause why the death of these men passed into a proverb. One of them was named ben-Kolaiah; and they are to be made a curse (קללה qelâlâh), because Nebuchadnezzar had roasted (קלה qâlâh) them. Compare the marginal reference note. |
6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.