Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
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Gill's Exposition
Great in counsel, and mighty in word,.... Counsel belongs to him, and he does all things after the counsel of his will, all things in nature, providence, and grace; and such a display of his wisdom is…
Barnes' Notes
Recompensest - The recompence is placed in the bosom, because, in the East, the garments are so arranged as to form a pocket there. Thus then, men must receive and carry with them God’s requital for…
We have here Jeremiah's prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which…
Cambridge Bible
recompensest the iniquity of the fathers an allusion to the Decalogue (Exo 20:5; Deu 5:9). See on Jer 31:29.
into the bosom The Eastern garment formed at the bosom numerous folds, which served as a…
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