OLD TESTAMENT

Ezekiel 16:27

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See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your portion, and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

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Verse 27. Justification; law, and so forth Hebrew “thy right,” or allowance. Exodus 21:10.—Hate thee. To be abandoned to the will of a rival, is most dreadful for a woman. The Jews were subjected to the nations which they had despised, as they are still to Christians. Even other less favoured idolaters were astonished ( Calmet.) at their apostacy. Bible.

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