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“‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt. I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
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Verse 13. Memphis, the capital of Lower Egypt, ( Calmet.) where the idol or bull ( Bible.) Apis was fed. Calmet.—Here Amasis overcame Apries. Herod. ii. 168.—The Chaldees made war on the gods as well as on the people.—Prince Amasis was tributary to Babylon. Some of this probably regards the times of Cambyses and Ochus. Usher, A. 3478 and 3653. Calmet. See Calmet. 29:14. Bible.
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