Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 38:11
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Jeremiah38:11
11. cast clouts--"torn clothes" [Henderson].
rotten rags--"worn-out garments." God can make the meanest things His instruments of goodness to His people (1Co 1:27-29).
under ... armholes--"under the joints of thine hands," that is, where the fingers join the hand, the clothes being in order that the hands should not be cut by the cords [Maurer].
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