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He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
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Verse 11. Statues. The citizens chained the golden statue of Apollo to the altar of Hercules, for fear of its leaving them, when Alexander attacked the town. Curt. iv.—Hiram placed a pillar of gold in the temple of Hercules. Jos. Calmet. Ap. i.—Herodotus (ii. 44.) saw another also of emerald stone, (σμαραγδον) which illuminated the temple in the night. On such the Tyrian might depend; though some render, “the substance or guard of thy strength,” denoting the soldiers ( Calmet.) and towers. Bible.—The gods were treated like the people, and their precious ornaments plundered.
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