OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 16:1

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Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

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Verse 1. Petra. Hebrew selah, “the rock.” Bible.—Our Saviour spring from Ruth, the Moabitess. Menochius.—The original may insinuate, that the king of the country had neglected to pay the usual tribute to Juda. 4 Kennicott. 3:4. Calmet.—“Send the lamb to the ruler,” and so forth Tournemine. Amid scenes of distress, the prophet perceives that the Saviour will proceed from one of this nation. Worthington.

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