Jeremiah 18:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 Will a man forsake the snow of Lebanon, which cometh from the rock of the field? [a]or shall the cold flowing waters, that come from another place, be forsaken?
15 Because my people hath forgotten me, and have burnt incense to vanity, and their prophets have caused them to stumble in their ways from the [b]ancient ways, to walk in the paths and way that is not trodden,
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual derision, so that everyone that passeth thereby, shall be astonished and wag his head,
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- Jeremiah 18:14 As no man that hath thirst refuseth fresh conduit waters which he hath at home, to go and seek waters abroad to quench his thirst: so they ought not to seek for help and succor at strangers, and leave God which was present with them.
- Jeremiah 18:15 That is, the way of truth which God had taught by his law, read Jer. 6:16.
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