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Jeremiah 52:12-23

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

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The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.

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