The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 42:20

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

For ye dissembled in your hearts; rather, for ye have gone astray (from the right path) at the risk of your lives; or, another possible rendering, for ye hate led yourselves astray. Hypocrisy is certainly not the accusation which Jeremiah brings against the people.

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