They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
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Interpretation
The king of Babylon was kind to Jeremiah, yet the prophet must foretell the ruin of that kingdom. If our friends are God's enemies, we dare not speak peace to them.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 50:4-8.
Glossary
- Zion Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.