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Jeremiah 4:31

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 4:31

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For I have heard a voice, etc. This explains the preceding statement, "They will seek thy life." It is this murderous plot which calls forth the "cry as of a woman in pangs." Bewaileth herself; rather, sigheth deeply. Her hands; literally, her palms. Is wearied because of murderers; rather, fainteth into the hands of (literally, is treaty unto) the murderers.

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