OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 28:37

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37

You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

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Verse 37. Lost. Hebrew “an object of desolation, a fable and a mockery.” Septuagint “thou shalt be a riddle, a parable, and an example,” to employ the thoughts and tongues of all nations, who will not be able to comprehend the greatness of thy distress. Calmet.

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