Her adversaries have become the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lords. Literally, "at the head "(Haydock) which Moses had threatened, Deuteronomy xxvi. 1, 43. (Calmet)
This would be most cutting. (Worthington)