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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 29:23 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 29:23 |
King James |
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
villainy--literally, "sinful folly" (Isa 32:6). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Villany - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Jdg 20:6, unchastity. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives - This is supposed to refer to the case of Susanna. See above. |
6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.