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For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
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Verse 6. Nations. Some understand the Assyrians or Chaldeans. But locusts are here styled a nation. Proverbs 30:25.—Lion. Such locusts are described. Revelation 9:8. Calmet.—“In India they are said to be three feet long, and their legs and thighs are used for saws when dried.” Pliny xi. 29.—They were attacked by regular troops in Syria. Ib.
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