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Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
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Verse 3. Water. Siloe was the only spring near, and it was often dry, (Saint Jerome) though it was formerly abundant, (Jos. Bel. vi. 6.) as well as the fountain of Gehon. The city was furnished with cisterns. Calmet.—But all was now dry. Bible.—Heads; mourning. 2 Kennicott. 15:30.
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