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The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”
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Verse 8. Us, as the Jews would do at the last siege, and sinners before the day of judgment. Lu. 23:30. Revelation 6:14. Too happy, if they could by a speedy death escape eternal torments! Calmet.—People shall be in the utmost consternation at the approach of the Assyrians. Bible.—They will not think themselves secure enough in their caverns.
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