I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Burning. Hebrew kadim, "eastern "(Haydock) coming from Desert Arabia, Exodus x. 13. (Calmet)
Back. Thus the Lord now treats the synagogue. (St. Jerome)