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I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up. The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall.
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Verse 44. Down. His priests pretended that he eat, (Daniel 14:11) and a woman of their choice slept in the most retired part of the temple. Herod. i. 181.—The prophet derides this notion. The idol, or rather his votaries, ( Bible.) shall be forced to let go the Israelites. Calmet.—Fall, by means of Cyrus and of Darius. Calmet. 50:3. Bible.
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