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Isaiah 3:7

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In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.”

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Verse 7. Clothing. The indigent were excluded from dignities, for fear lest they should seek to enrich themselves by unjustifiable means. Exodus 18:22. Plut. in Sol. Pliny xvi. 19. Calmet.

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