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in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,
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Verse 3. House. The sides, (Saint Jerome) or rather the arms. Calmet.—Some understand prelates, or angels. Thaumat.—And the powers that are in heaven shall be moved. Mar. 13:25. Bible.—Men. The arms, (Chal.) or thighs, (Smith) or those who were formerly the most robust.—Number. The rest have been lost, and what remain are of little service for chewing meat. Calmet.—Holes. Spectacles, (Geier) as if they had been already in use. Calmet.—Hebrew “windows.” Bible.
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