John Trapp on Jeremiah 29:21
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Jeremiah29:21
Ver. 21. Thus ſaith the Lord—of Ahab the ſon of Koliah] Theſe two (though not the two Elders that aſſaulted Suſanna, as ſome have fabled) are ſingled out, as Arch-impoſtors and filthy adulterers, to be exemplarily puniſhed: to whom alſo is added Shemaiah the Nehelamite, ver. 24.
And he ſhall ſl[illegible: 1 letter]y them before your eyes] Vide autem juſtam poenam martyrum diaboli, ſaith Oecolampadius, See here the juſt puniſhment of the devils Martyrs: this evil couple had prophecyed, belike, the deſtruction of Babylon, bade the Jews put themſelves in a poſture to return home, promiſed to conduct them to Jeruſalem, played many leud prankes beſides: and were therefore worth[illegible: 1 letter]ly put to a cruel death by Nebuchadnezzar, in the preſence of their friends and followers.
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