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The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in the LORD’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
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Verse 2. Place. Cyrus probably granted an escort, as Artaxerxes did. 2 Ezra 2:7.—Servants. They had purchased many slaves, (1 Ezra 2:65) as some were very rich in captivity, and were treated like other subjects.—Oppressors. Stragglers of the army of Cambyses, and so forth though this was chiefly verified under the Machabees. Jeremiah 25:14 and 30:16. Calmet.
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