Before their face the people shall be in great pain: all faces are drained of color.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Kettle. The Jews were naturally of a dark complexion. Fear causing the blood to retire, would make them black, Isaias xiii. 8., Lamentations iv. 8., and v. 10. (Calmet)