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My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats, for the LORD of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
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Verse 3. Goats; the leaders of the people. Jeremiah 50:8. Calmet.—Vir gregis ipse caper. Virg. Ec. 7.—Jason died in exile, Lysimachus was slain in the temple, Alcimus perished miserably, and Menelaus was hurled among ashes. 2 Maccabees 5:5 and 4:39. and 13:4. and 1 Maccabees 9:54.—Battle. The apostates have suffered: God will not abandon his flock, but raises up Mathathias, and so forth
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