20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 13-20)We have here, I. The sins they were charged with, for which God brought this destruction upon them, and which served to justify God in it ( Lam. 4:13 , 14 ): It is for the sins of her prophets , and the iniquities of her priests . Not that the people were innocent; no, they loved to have it so (Jer. 5:31), and it was to please them that the prophets and priests did as they did; but the fault is ch...
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