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Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
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Verse 5–7. Sad. This was spoken after Ozias had given way to pride, when the Ammonites, and so forth began to disturb Juda, (4 Kennicott. 15:37 and 2 Chronicles 27:7) under Joathan, who was a good prince, but young. Calmet.—Enemies. At the last siege, (Saint Jerome) or rather when Jerusalem was taken by the Chaldees. Calmet.—Many, from the highest to the lowest, had prevaricated: but God always preserved his Church. Worthington.
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