OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 74:5

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They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

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Verse 5. Wickedly. This is an epitome of Christian doctrine. Worthington.—God had severely punished Nabuchodonosor, Baltassar, and the priests of Bel. Yet the people would not attend to these salutary admonitions.—Horn. By pride, ( Worthington.) which is the origin of all evil, ( Bible.) and an offence pardoned by God with the greatest difficulty.

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