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Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
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Verse 5. Woe. Or come on, Heus, though ( Calmet.) ho is ordinarily rendered, alas! It here indicates that God makes use of this scourge with regret, and will afterwards consign it to the flames. Bible.—The prophet speaks of Salmanasar, or of Sennacherib. Saint Cyril Saint Jerome
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