Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 2:19
correct . . . reprove—rather, in the severer sense, "chastise . . . punish" [MAURER].
backslidings—"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Proverbs 1:31; Isaiah 3:9; Hosea 5:5).
know . . . see—imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost.
my fear—rather, "the fear of Me."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 2:19:
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Isaiah 5:20
Isaiah 36:19
Isaiah 59:13
Jeremiah 2:14
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Jeremiah 14:16
Luke 15:16
2 Timothy 4:4
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