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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 32:30 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 32:30	King James	For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

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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]
have . . . done--literally, "have been doing"; implying continuous action. only . . . evil . . . only provoked me--They have been doing nothing else but evil; their sole aim seems to have been to provoke Me. their youth--the time when they were in the wilderness, having just before come into national existence.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

have . . . done--literally, "have been doing"; implying continuous action.

only . . . evil . . . only provoked me--They have been doing nothing else but evil; their sole aim seems to have been to provoke Me.

their youth--the time when they were in the wilderness, having just before come into national existence.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil - They have all been transgressors from their earliest history. For the children of Israel - The ten tribes. Have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands - They have been sinners beyond all others, being excessive idolaters. Their hands have formed the objects of their worship.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil - They have all been transgressors from their earliest history.

For the children of Israel - The ten tribes.

Have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands - They have been sinners beyond all others, being excessive idolaters. Their hands have formed the objects of their worship.

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