OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 22:17

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Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

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Verse 17. Cock. S. Jerom’s master assured him that the word which is usually rendered a warrior, has this meaning. Bible.—The comparison agrees well with a proud man reduced to misery. Calmet.—Hebrew “With the captivity of a man, and he will cover thee.” Septuagint “he will cast out and bruise the man, and will take away thy comely robe, and throw thee into,” and so forth Bible.

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