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It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
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Verse 10. Ensign. the cross is the standard of Christians.—Sepulchre. Hebrew Septuagint and so forth “rest.” S. Jerom give the true sense. The holy places have been greatly reverenced, and Christian princes strove for a long time to recover them. Calmet.—They are respected even by the Turks. Christ’s death was ignominious, but his monument was full of glory. Thus the saints begin to shine, where the glory of the wicked ends. Worthington.
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