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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 27:9
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jer 27:9 · Douay-Rheims
“Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king Babylon.”
On this verse:
“ye--the Jews especially, for whom the address to the rest was intended. enchanters--augurs [CALVIN], from a root, the "eyes," that is, lookers at the stars and other means of taking omens of futurity; or another root, a "fixed time," observers of times: forbidden in the law (Lev 19:26; Deu 18:10-11, Deu 18:14).”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.