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You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come. Yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
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Verse 8. Cloudy. Hebrew.” fortress, or ophel,” a tower or wall near the temple. 2 Ezra 3:27.—Flock. Jerusalem was no better, after the Chaldeans had destroyed it. 4 Kennicott. 17:9. Yet there Zorobabel, the Machabees, and Christ displayed their power. It was the cradle of the Church. Some take this to refer to Bethlehem, as Calmet. 5:2. Calmet.—Shall it come. Septuagint add, “from Babylon.” After the captivity the Jews shall flourish, as the Church shall prove victorious over all her persecutors. Bible.
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