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He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
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Verse 26. Off. Like a king, leading all his subjects to battle. Calmet.—Whistle. He alludes to the custom of leading forth bees by music. Calmet. 7:18. Saint Cyril—Earth. The Chaldees, (chapter 41:9. Jeremiah 6:22) and not the Romans, as some would suppose.—Swiftly. Like an eagle. Daniel 7:4. Jeremiah 48:40.
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