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I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.
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Verse 2. Fan her. After the corn was trodden out, it was heaved into the wind. This custom would insinuate the distress and captivity of the Chaldees. Septuagint “I will send … scoffers, and they shall treat her with scorn, καθυβριουσιν. Bible.—They have read ( Calmet.) zedim for zarim.
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