Her sound shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, like hewers of wood.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Brass. Septuagint, "hissing serpent "lamenting in secret, Isaias xxix. 4.
Wood. Battle-axes were then used. Great cities and monarchs shall fall, Zacharias xi. 2., and Ezechiel xxxi. 3. (Calmet)
