Therefore will I, etc. But the Hebrew is much more forcible, "And I also," etc; implying, as Calvin remarks (comp. Proverbs 1:26), a certain retaliation. Upon thy face; an allusion to Nahum 3:5.
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Jeremiah 13:26
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