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Of Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard evil news. They have melted away. There is sorrow on the sea. It can’t be quiet.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. Damascus, the capital of Syria. Isaiah 7:8. Worthington.—It was punished at the same time as the rest. Jos.—Arphad; Arad, an island near Tyre, or Raphanæ. Theod.—Syr. “Rephad … they are troubled from the sea.” Nabuchodonosor left Tyre to invade them. Calmet.—As in. The islands of the Mediterranean tremble for themselves, and all Syria is afraid, hearing of the fall of so many cities and nations.
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