* Then.
It has been doubted whether Jeremiah acted prudently in this
decision, as the event seems to indicate the contrary, and as
it was the evident meaning of all his predictions that the
Jews should not prosper in their own country till the
expiration of seventy years. But he was evidently influenced
by the most unbounded love to his country, for whose welfare
he had watched, prayed, and lived; and he now chose rather to
share her adversities, her sorrows, her wants, her
afflictions, and her disgrace, than to be the companion of
princes, and to sit at the table of kings. His patriotism was
as unbounded as it was sincere: he only ceased to live for
country when he ceased to breathe.
39:14
* Mizpah.
Jos 15:38 Jud 20:1 21:1 1Sa 7:5,6
* Mizpeh.
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