They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but are themselves gone into captivity.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
They. Literally, "their soul. "(Haydock)
The pagans must have supposed they had one. (Calmet)
Captivity. "There are as many triumphs over the gods as over men. "(Tertullian)
The former shared the fate of their adorers. Their statues were plundered.