Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked,.... The wicked Jews, Zedekiah and his courtiers, who imprisoned him:
and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible; as kings and great…
Here, as before, we have,
I. The prophet's humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us…
Cp. Jer 1:18 f.
21 the terrible The chief men in Jerusalem, probably meaning Jehoiakim and his counsellors. See note on ch. Jer 12:7.
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