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Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Linen. Hebrew mossi. verse 11. Bible.—Chal. understands these ornaments to pertain to the tabernacle, which was set up in the wilderness.—Oil, enjoying a most fertile country, ( Calmet.) and the noblest sacrifices. Bible.—And wast, and so forth The kingdom had subsisted 1500 years. Calmet.—Septuagint omit this, for fear of giving umbrage to the Egyptians, according to S. Jerom, as if they could be ignorant of this circumstance. Calmet.—Grabe supplies, “thou wast directed to the kingdom.” Bible.
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