All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
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Gill's Exposition
All that found them have devoured them,.... As lost and wandering sheep are liable to be found, and to be devoured, by every beast of prey, lions, wolves, and bears; so the Jews were found by their…
Barnes' Notes
Offend not - i. e., “are not guilty.” Israel having left the fold, has no owner, and may therefore be maltreated with impunity. Habitation of justice - In Jer 31:23 applied to Jerusalem: here, Yahweh…
I. Here is a word spoken against Babylon by him whose works all agree with his word and none of whose words fall to the ground. The king of Babylon had been very kind of Jeremiah, and yet he must…
Cambridge Bible
We offend not We are not guilty. Cp. Jer 2:3. The enemy's plea is, Israel is no longer holy to the Lord, and thus it is no sacrilege, though we devour her.
the habitation of justice apparently taken…
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