OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 9:10

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I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.

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Verse 10. Owner. Hebrew mikne, “cattle,” or ( Bible.) “substance.” Saint Jerome—Departed. Beasts and birds will not continue long after men cease to cultivate the country. Theod. Calmet. 4:25 and 12:4. Zephaniah 1:3.

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