John Trapp on Jeremiah 21:5
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Jeremiah21:5
Ver. 5. And I my ſelf will fight againſt you] This was heavy tidings to Zedekiah and his Courtiers. Optaſſent ſibi Prophetas qui dixiſſent laeta, ſaith Oecolampadius: they could have wiſhed for more pleaſing Prophecies; but thoſe that do what they ſhould not, muſt look to hear what they would not. Such bitter anſwers as this they muſt look for, who ſeek to God only in a time of neceſſity: ſilence, or elſe ſad anſwers they ſhall be ſure of.
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