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Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Verse 2. Willow. With which the Euphrates was lined. Isaiah 15:7. It passed through the city, which was adored with trees, and contained extensive tracts of land for cultivation. Calmet.—Babylon may also include all the territory. Bert.—Instruments. Hebrew Kinnor means properly the ancient lyre, but here it is put for all instruments of music. Calmet.—In grief, music was laid aside. Isaiah 24:8. Ezekiel 26:13. Revelation 18:21. Yet Christians may unite spiritual canticles with holy compunction. Colossians 3:16. We must not expose the word of truth to the ridicule of infidels. Bert.
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