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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

This verse records Jeremiah’s response to the divine call. It is a feeling of inadequacy, such as Moses experienced at the time of his call (Exo 4:10). Ah represents a cry of alarm; it appears several times in the Old Testament when a person is in the presence of God or his angel (Josh 7:7; Jdg 6:22; Jer 4:10; 14:13; 32:17; Ezek 4:14; 9:8; 11:13; 20:49). TEV does not represent this exclamation by a word in the text. FRCL uses Hélas (“Alas”). Lord GOD is translated “Sovereign LORD” by TEV and “my
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