Jeremiah 17:16-18

Jer. 17:16-18. What we find in these verses is a confirmation that when the prophet Jeremiah, and other inspired penmen of the Old Testament, imprecated judgments on their enemies, those parts of their writings are not of private interpretation, or that they did therein express their private inclinations and desires; but spake prophetically the mind [of God;] cursed them in the name of the Lord, or foretold that these judgments should come. For here Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 17:16, solemnly appeals to God that he had not desired the woeful day. But yet, in verse 18, he prays that the evil day might be brought on his enemies.

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