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I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;
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Verse 26. Men. Hebrew “I said I will disperse or exterminate them.” Samar. “my fury shall consume them.” We may translate, “I had resolved to destroy them; 27. But,” and so forth ( Calmet.) or Prot. “I said I would scatter them into corners, and would … were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy,” and so forth—Where are they? in the mouth of God, shews an utter destruction, so that no vestiges of them remain. Their memory is perished. Bible.—God sometimes defers punishing the sinner for just reasons. Worthington.
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