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**Then:** or, And.
**Moses and Samuel.** See [Psalms 99:6](../../../kjv/psalms/99/6) and [Ezekiel 14:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/14/14) (where other names are thus connected).
**Moses.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 17:11](../../../kjv/exodus/17/11) ; [Exodus 32:11](../../../kjv/exodus/32/11) .[Numbers 14:13](../../../kjv/numbers/14/13); [Numbers 14:13](../../../kjv/numbers/14/13) ).
**Samuel.** Compare [1 Samuel 7:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/9) ; [1 Samuel 8:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/8/6) ; [1 Samuel 12:16-23](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/16-23) .
**My mind** = My soul. Hebrew My *nephesh* . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*

**Such as are for death, &c.** See notes on [Jeremiah 43:9-11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/9-11) . [2 Samuel 12:31](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/31) ; [2 Samuel 8:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/2) . Compare [Revelation 13:10](../../../kjv/revelation/13/10) .

**I will appoint, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/16) ).

**to be removed, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/25) , the same word).
**because of Manasseh.** See [2 Kings 21:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/3) , &c.

**how thou doest?** = of thy welfare?

**gates.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), for cities, or for the outlets of the land.
**children** = sons.

**above, &c.** Figure of speech *Hyperbole.*
**the sand of the seas.** Figure of speech *Paroemia.*
**young men:** choice ones, or warriors.
**him to fall upon it . . . and terrors upon the city** = I have let fall upon her (the mother), suddenly, anguish and terror. To this, one MS. (Harley, 5720, British Museum) adds: "Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out", as in Ch. [Jeremiah 6:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/4) .

**seven** = the seven. Not even these will suffice.
**given up the ghost** = breathed out her soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.*
**deliver** = give.

**lent on usury.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:25](../../../kjv/exodus/22/25) ). App-92 .

**The LORD said** = Jehovah said. This formula, as commencing a sentence, occurs only here and [Jeremiah 46:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/25) . It is adopted only in [Luke 11:39](../../../kjv/luke/11/39) ; [Luke 12:42](../../../kjv/luke/12/42) ; [Luke 18:6](../../../kjv/luke/18/6) ; [Luke 22:31](../../../kjv/luke/22/31) .
**thy:** i.e. Israel's.
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra a'.* App-44 .

**steel** = bronze.

**sins.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .

**make thee to pass with thine enemies into.** Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "make thee serve with thine enemies in". Compare [Jeremiah 17:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/4) .
**a fire is kindled, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/22) ).

**revenge** = avenge.
**rebuke** = reproach.

**found** = discovered. In the eighteenth year of Josiah 513 B.C. Hebrew. *maza'.* Not used of revelation. Reference to [2 Kings 22:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/8) . 2Ch 34:14 , [2 Chronicles 34:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/15) .
**I am called by Thy name** = Thy name was called upon me. Only those thus called feed upon Jehovah's words, and suffer reproach ([Jeremiah 15:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/15) . Compare [John 17:14](../../../kjv/john/17/14) ).
**O LORD God of hosts.** See note on [Jeremiah 5:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/14) , and [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

**mockers** = merry-makers.
**hand.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for guidance.

**a liar** = a deceitful [brook]. The *Ellipsis* , to be supplied from next clause, as a brook that disappointeth. Compare [Job 6:20](../../../kjv/job/6/20) .

**stand before Me:** i.e. as My servant. Compare [1 Kings 18:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/15) . [2 Kings 3:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/14) .
**take forth the precious, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 10:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/10) ).

**I will make thee, &c.** Compare [Jeremiah 1:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/18) , [Jeremiah 1:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/19) ; [Jeremiah 6:27](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/27) ,
**deliver** = rescue. Not the same word as in [Jeremiah 15:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/9) .

**the wicked** = wicked ones. Hebrew. *ra'im* (plural) App-44 .
**redeem:** i.e. by power. *Hebrew padah.* [Exodus 6:6](../../../kjv/exodus/6/6) with [Exodus 13:13](../../../kjv/exodus/13/13) .

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