And will send unto Babylon winnowers, that shall winnow her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fan her. After the corn was trodden out, it was heaved into the wind. This custom would insinuate the distress and captivity of the Chaldeans. Septuagint, "I will send. Scoffers, and they shall treat her with scorn, kathubriousin. (Haydock)
They have read (Calmet) zedim for zarim.