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Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’
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Verse 6. Parable. Lit. “marvel,” or wonderful speech; parabolam.—Dark. Prot. “a taunting proverb;” ( Bible.) when Nabuchodonosor became like a beast, and his empire was soon after divided. Calmet.—Clay. Ill-gotten goods, that like mire both burden and defile the soul. Challoner.—Gold and silver are only a sort of earth. Job 28:16. Zechariah 9:2. Habacuc does not even name riches, out of contempt. Some think ( Calmet.) that he alludes to the grave. People prayed for their deceased friend: Sit tibi terra levis. Drus.
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