Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
Because they have committed villany in Israel,.... Or "folly" (f); as the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them…
Barnes' Notes
Villany - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Jdg 20:6, unchastity.
Jeremiah, having given great encouragement to those among the captives whom he knew to be serious and well-affected, assuring them that God had very kind and favourable intentions concerning them,…
Cambridge Bible
folly The Hebrew denotes more than this, viz. "a state of mind or an action, marked by utter disregard of moral or spiritual feeling." Dr. who illustrates the kind of immorality here referred to in…
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