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They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
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Verse 25. Goodness. Prosperity was their ruin, ( Bible.) as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 32:15. Calmet.—“Empire is easily retained by the same arts by which it was procured: but when idleness takes the place of industry, when lust and pride banish continence and equity, fortune is changed with manners.” Sallust, Grot.
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