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Jeremiah 11:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 11:6

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

Proclaim all these words, etc. This command probably points to a missionary circuit of Jeremiah, as suggested above. Others render, "read aloud"; but Jeremiah receives the direction to "proclaim" or "cry" elsewhere (; , etc.). So Gabriel, in the Koran, directs Mohammed to "cry," i.e. to proclaim or preach.

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A condensation of . Imagination; rather, stubbornness (see on ). I will bring; rather, I brought. All the words. "Word" sometimes means "thing spoken of;" here, for instance, the curses specified in .

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