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“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
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Verse 8. Flee not. Hebrew “flee to himself,” lo. Septuagint and Vulg. have read la, “not.” The angel destroyed the army, and the king was slain at his return.—Tributaries. Ninive being afterwards subject to the Chaldees, and so forth Calmet.—Hebrew “shall melt.” Vat.
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