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The LORD of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and overcome with sling stones. They will drink, and roar as through wine. They will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
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Verse 15. Sling. At first the Machabees had no other weapon. 1 Maccabees 4:6. The sling was much used. Judges 20:16.—Wine. They will shed blood of the enemy so abundantly, and be all besmeared with it. They would never drink it, like the pagans. Leviticus 17:10. Calmet.
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