OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 5:9

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who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

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Verse 9. With a smile. That is, with all ease, and without making any effort. Challoner.—Aquila has “grinning,” to shew displeasure. Saint Jerome—Hebrew “he strengthens the oppressor against the strong,” so that those whom he pleases to chastise cannot escape.

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