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Jeremiah 26:19

The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 26:19

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

Thus might we procure, etc.; rather, and we are about to commit a great evil against our souls (not merely "against ourselves"). The blood of the slain would cry for vengeance against his murderers, who would come to an untimely end, their "souls" being sent down to lead a miserable parody of a life ( 棺菅?

恝? 慣??棺菅恝?) in Sheol or Hades.

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