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“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
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Verse 10. Blood. She has given birth to many kings. Menochius.—The original may be inaccurate, and perhaps should be, “a vine-tree or branch:” ( Calmet.) cormoc instead of bedammecha. Septuagint read kerimmon, “like a rose-flower,” planted, and so forth Bible.—He speaks of Sedecias more obscurely. Calmet.—The kingdom had flourished under David and Solomon. It afterwards lost its splendour under wicked kings, and all the tribes were removed. Worthington.
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