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“Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
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Verse 16. Stroke; pestilence, or sudden death. This would make the loss of a dear wife still more afflicting. Yet such distress will fall upon the whole nation, ( Calmet.) and misery shall increase so much, that a private loss will be almost forgotten. Bible.—Curæ leves loquuntur, graviores silent. Sen. Troad.—When a loss is foreseen, it is more easily borne. Private calamities sink in public ones. Worthington.
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