Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 49:12
(Compare Jeremiah 25:15-16, Jeremiah 25:29).
they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup—the Jews to whom, by virtue of the covenant relation, it did not belong to drink the cup. It might have been expected that they would be spared. He regards not the merits of the Jews, for they were as bad or worse than others: but the grace and adoption of God; it is just and natural ("judgment") that God should pardon His sons sooner than aliens [CALVIN].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 49:12:
Isaiah 51:17
Jeremiah 13:12
Jeremiah 25:15
Jeremiah 49:7
Jeremiah 49:11
Jeremiah 51:39
Obadiah 1:16
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