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Jeremiah 15:12

Jeremiah 15:12
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Can iron break iron, especially that which comes from the north, which…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The steel - “brass,” i. e., bronze. By the “iron” is meant Jeremiah’s intercession; but this cannot alter the divine…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 15:10-14

Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Also very difficult. No satisfactory emendation has been proposed. If, which is very doubtful, the v. is to be retained…

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