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I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.
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Verse 26. Brother. So they lamented, Alas! my brother. Jeremiah 22:18. Menochius.—Women. He indicates the ardour of his love, not any inordinate affection. D.—I love thee more than any person can love a woman, ( Calmet.) more than women can love their husbands or children. Menochius.—Chal. “thy love is more wonderful to me than the love of two who are espoused.”—As, and so forth This is not found in Hebrew Septuagint or S. Jerom. Calmet.
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