John Trapp on Jeremiah 44:15
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Jeremiah44:15
Ver. 15. Then all the men which knew that their wives had burnt incenſe] And by ſuffering them ſo to do, had conſented to what they had done: for qui non, cum poteſt, prohibet, jubet.
And all the women that ſtood by] Mulieres quicquid volunt valde volunt. Women as they have leſſe of reaſon then men,Omne malum ex Gynaecio. ſo more of paſſion, being wilful in their way, and oft carrying their men along with them.
Sicut ferrum trahit magnes: Sic maſculum ſuum trahit Agnes.
Anſwered Jeremiah ſaying] One of the women ſpeaking for the reſt: and that might well be one of Zedekiah's daughters; the men conniving, and well content therewith, See ver. 19.
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