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I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
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Verse 3. Sea: the waters and air shall be pestilential. Bible.—S. Jerom frequently observes that when a country is depopulated, as the Roman empire was in his days, the most fertile regions were soon abandoned even by beasts and birds.—Meet. Septuagint “be weak.” Hebrew “I will gather ( Calmet. Prot. “consume.” Bible.) scandals (or idols) with the wicked.” Sym.
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