Jeremiah 11:20
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth,.... That is, "unto", or "concerning the men of Anathoth", the townsmen of Jeremiah, and who were the persons that combined together to destroy…
The prophet Jeremiah has much in his writings concerning himself, much more than Isaiah had, the times he lived in being very troublesome. Here we have (as it should seem) the beginning of his…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that triest the reins and the heart The reins (kidneys) were held to be the seat of the feelings, the heart that of the understanding. Cp. Jer 5:21. Du. points out that here first in the Bible it is…
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