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I will set my jealousy against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will take away your nose and your ears. Your remnant will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the rest of you will be devoured by the fire.
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Verse 25. Jealousy, the most violent of passions. Calmet.—So the Chaldees are styled, as Assur is the rod. Isaiah 10:5. Worthington.—Ears, the punishment of adulteresses: both king and priests suffer. Saint Jerome—Thus the captives were probably treated. Calmet. See Sen. Ira. iii. 20.—Fire, by Ismahel. Calmet. 19:14.
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