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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 11:18 - 11:18
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Jeremiah here digresses to notice the attempt on his life plotted by his townsmen of Anathoth. He had no suspicion of it, until Jehovah revealed it to him (Jer 12:6).
the Lord ... thou - The change of person from the third to the second accords with the excited feelings of the prophet.
then - when I was in peril of my life.
their doings - those of the men of Anathoth. His thus alluding to them, before he has mentioned their name, is due to his excitement.