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2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Figs; dried. They are very serviceable in various disorders of the throat, to mollify (Pliny, xxiii. 3.) (Aldrov. ii.) St. Jerome (in Isaias xxxviii.) acknowledges that they might help to removed the disorder. Grotius is of a contrary opinion; (Calmet) and this would enhance the miracle. See Vales. xxxix. (Menochius) At any rate, the discovery of this remedy to the prophet, and its sudden efficacy, were miraculous. (Calmet)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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