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Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
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Verse 9. For. Lit. “by the barrenness of the earth.” Bible.—Such a death was, no doubt, more painful than to perish quickly by the sword. Calmet.
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