Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
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Interpretation
Those who despise the word of God, will soon show, as this king did, that they hate it; and, like him, they would wish it destroyed. See what enmity there is against God in the carnal mind, and wonder at his patience.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 36:20-24.