OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 16:8

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For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.

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Verse 8. Lords. Princes of Jerusalem, (Lamentations 1:1) or of Assyria. Calmet.—Sea. Of Sodom, even as far as Jazer, ( Bible.) in the tribe of Ruben. Calmet.

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