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“Say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
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Verse 9. Prosper. Will God countenance perfidy? Calmet.—“Faith must be kept even with enemies.” Saint Jerome—Arm. The conquest did not cost the Chaldeans much. Sedecias fled by night, but was soon taken. 4 Kennicott. 25:6. Calmet.
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