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Jeremiah 5:8

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They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

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Verse 8. Stallions. Hebrew mashcim, ( Bible.) “stretching out,” as others translate. Ezekiel 23:20. Saint Jerome—The horse is the most intemperate of all animals but man. Aristot. Hist. vi. 22.

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