The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 20:16

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As the cities which the Lord overthrow. It is, so to speak, the "technical term" for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah which Jeremiah employs. So deeply imprinted was the tradition on the Hebrew mind, that a special word was appropriated to it, which at once called up thoughts of the awful justice of God (see Genesis 19:25; Isaiah 1:7 (?); Isaiah 13:19; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 29:23 (22); Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40). The cry … the shouting. The cry of the besieged for help; the shouting of the suddenly appearing assailants (comp. Jeremiah 15:8).

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