The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Risen. The kingdom of Juda hoped for redress, when they saw the people of Israel humbled, (Haydock) or rather after the defeat of Sennacherib. (Calmet)