| Jeremiah 21:14
| But I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forests thereof: and it shall devour all things round about it.
| Doings. Hebrew, "studies." So "Your studious pursuits" occurs, ver. 12, in many Hebrew manuscripts, though the printed copy have, "their;" and "spoiled" for apprised. (Kennicott) --- Forest, the temple, which is called Libanus, (Zacharias 11:21.) and the houses built of cedar-wood, (4 Kings 25:9.; Calmet) particularly the royal palace of the forest, 3 Kings vii. (Haydock)
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