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Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows grow dim,

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

House. The sides, (St. Jerome) or rather the arms. (Calmet) Some understand prelates, or angels. (Thaumat.) And the powers that are in heaven shall be moved. (Mark xiii. 25.) (Haydock) Men. The arms, (Chaldean) or thighs, (Smith) or those who were formerly the most robust. Number. The rest have been lost, and what remain are of little service for chewing meat. (Calmet) Holes. Spectacles, (Geier) as if they had been already in use. (Calmet) Hebrew, "windows. "(Haydock)

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