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“You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord GOD says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: “A sword! A sword is drawn! It is polished for the slaughter, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
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Verse 28. Reproach, by which they had reproached and insulted over the Jews, at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem. Challoner. Calmet. 25:6. Zephaniah 2:8.—They were punished five years later ( Calmet.) by the same Babylonians whom they had encouraged. Worthington.
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