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For, behold, when they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
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Verse 6. Gather into the grave. Yet some shall escape. Calmet. 11:11.—Silver, which they buried at the approach of the enemy, hoping to recover it when they should depart. The Arabs do so still, ( Calmet.) and the Indians likewise, that they may have something to support them in the next world! Bernier.—Bur. Hebrew “thorns.” Calmet.
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