For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Prolonged. Babylon was taken one hundred and seventy-two years after. (Calmet)
Yet this time is counted short, compared with the monarchy, which had lasted a thousand years. (Worthington)
Ground. Cyrus restored the Jews; yet all did not return at that time.
Stranger. Converts, Esther viii. 17. All Idumea received circumcision under Hyrcan.