Jeremiah 26:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the LORD. Hebrew 'eth Jehovah. Jehovah Himself.

besought the LORD. appeased the face of Jehovah. Figures of speech Pleonasm and Anthropopatheia.

repented Him. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:14). App-92.

souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Jeremiah 26:19

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.