Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 11:19

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19. lamb —literally, a "pet lamb," such as the Jews often had in their houses, for their children to play with; and the Arabs still have ( :- ). His own familiar friends had plotted against the prophet. The language is exactly the same as that applied to Messiah ( Isaiah 53:7 ). Each prophet and patriarch exemplified in his own person some one feature or more in the manifold attributes and sufferings of the Messiah to come; just as the saints have done since His coming ( Galatians 2:20 ; Philippians 3:10 ; Colossians 1:24 ). This adapted both the more experimentally to testify of Christ. devices — ( Colossians 1:24- : ). tree with . . . fruit —literally, "in its fruit" or "food," that is, when it is in fruit. Proverbial, to express the destruction of cause and effect together. The man is the tree; his teaching, the fruit. Let us destroy the prophet and his prophecies; namely, those threatening destruction to the nation, which offended them. Compare Matthew 7:17 , which also refers to prophets and their doctrines. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"

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