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**the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-14
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**a linen girdle.** Soft girdles, made of silk or linen, still worn by upper classes. Compare [Ezekiel 16:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/10) . Some embroidered ([Daniel 10:5](../../../kjv/daniel/10/5) .[Revelation 1:13](../../../kjv/revelation/1/13) ; [Revelation 15:6](../../../kjv/revelation/15/6) ).
**not in water.** So that the cause of its marring be not mistaken.

**got** = bought.
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**Jeremiah's Eighth Prophecy** (see book comments for Jeremiah).
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**Euphrates.** On the road to Babylon, this river would be first met with at Carchemish, then held by the Egyptians ([Jeremiah 46:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/2) ).

**as** = according as.

**it was.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and it was".
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**Jeremiah's Ninth Prophecy** (see book comments for Jeremiah).
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**mar the pride, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/19) ). App-92 .

**imagination** = stubbornness.

**house of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 2:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/4) .
**house of Judah.** See note on [Jeremiah 3:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/18) .
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.
**that they might be unto Me for a people.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 19:5](../../../kjv/exodus/19/5) ). App-92 .

**the LORD God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 11:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/3) .
**bottle** = an earthenware jar: not leathern or skin bottles.
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**ye.** Now addressing all.
**hath spoken.** Jehovah's words, not Jeremiah's.

**darkness.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* A *Homonym,* with two meanings (darkness and daylight). See note on [1 Samuel 30:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/17) .

**my soul** = Me (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*
**weep . . . weep sore . . . rundown.** Figure of speech *Anabasis.* App-6 .
**run down, &c.** Compare [Matthew 26:38](../../../kjv/matthew/26/38) . [Luke 19:41](../../../kjv/luke/19/41) . See App-85 .

**the king and to the queen.** This was Jehoiachin, and the queen-mother. See [2 Kings 24:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/12) , [2 Kings 24:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/15) . Jehoiachin was only eighteen, so that the queen-dowager would hold a position of some influence (490, or 489 B.C.)
**principalities** = head-gear.

**cities.** So in Codex "Mugah"; but Codex "Hallel" (both quoted in the *Massorah)* reads "eyes".
**the south** = the Negeb. See note on [Psalms 126:4](../../../kjv/psalms/126/4) . Compare [Genesis 12:9](../../../kjv/genesis/12/9) ; [Genesis 13:3](../../../kjv/genesis/13/3) .

**the north.** See notes on [Jeremiah 1:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/13) ; [Jeremiah 3:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/12) ; [Jeremiah 6:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/1) , &c.

**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .

**Can . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* and *Paroemia.* .
**accustomed** = schooled, or trained.

**stubble** = (Hebrew. *kash),* not crushed straw (Hebrew. *teben).*
**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .

**trusted** = confided. Hebrew. *batah.* App-69 .

**when shall it once be?** = how long ere it yet be?

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