Then said Jeremiah, [It is] false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Ver. 14. Then said Jeremiah, It is false.] Satanae pectus mendaciis faecundissimum est. a It is no news for innocence to be slandered, and to go with a scratched face.
But he hearkened not unto him.] Right or wrong, he must come before the princes, who do also handle the good prophet very coarsely.
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