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**saith the LORD.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Jehovah said unto me".
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**bottle** = pitcher. Often seen hanging by a well to this day. Not a leathern wine-skin.
**take.** The Figure of speech *Ellipsis* (Absolute), must be thus supplied.
**ancients** = elders.

**the east gate:** i.e. the pottery gate. See App-59 . Not from *Haras* = east, but from *heres* = a potsherd. See note on [Isaiah 19:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/19) and App-81 .

**the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel.** See note on [Jeremiah 7:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/3) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**evil** = calamity. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**his ears shall tingle.** Reference to earlier books ([1 Samuel 3:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/11) . [2 Kings 21:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/12) ). Compare the reference to Samuel in [Jeremiah 15:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/1) .

**forsaken Me.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/20) ; [Deuteronomy 32:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/15) ). Compare [Jeremiah 5:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/7) , [Jeremiah 5:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/19) . App-92 .
**whom . . . they. . . have known.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/17) ).
**innocents** = people, not merely babes.

**to burn** = consume. Hebrew. *saraph.* App-43 .
**burn their sons, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:21](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/21) ).
**burnt offerings.** Compare [Jeremiah 7:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/31) .
**My mind.** Hebrew My heart. Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* "Mind" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for the thoughts.
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.

**Tophet . . . Hinnom.** Compare [Jeremiah 7:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/31) .
**The valley of slaughter.** Compare [Jeremiah 7:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/32) .

**fall by the sword . . . enemies.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/17) . [Deuteronomy 28:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/25) ). App-92 .
**lives** = souls. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**desolate . . . hissing.** See note on [Jeremiah 18:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/16) .

**to eat the flesh, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:29](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/29) . [Deuteronomy 28:53-57](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/53-57) ). Compare [Lamentations 2:20](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/20) ; [Lamentations 4:10](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/10) .

**the LORD of hosts.** See note on [Jeremiah 6:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/6) .
**as** = according as.

**upon whose roofs.** Compare [Jeremiah 32:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/29) .

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