‏ Jeremiah 2:19

19. correct ... reprove--rather, in the severer sense, "chastise ... punish" [Maurer].

backslidings--"apostasies"; plural, to express the number and variety of their defections. The very confederacies they entered into were the occasion of their overthrow (Pr 1:31; Is 3:9; Ho 5:5).

know ... see--imperative for futures: Thou shalt know and see to thy cost.

my fear--rather, "the fear of Me."

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