And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live; yea, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Thy blood, unwashed after being born, ver. 4. (Calmet)
The Jews were solicitous to increase their numbers, and exposed none. (Tacitus, Hist. v.)
But other nations did, if they thought the child would be troublesome, or a disgrace. (Calmet)
The prophet sends this admonition from Chaldea, and shows how God had selected his people from among the barbarous nations, and decorated them with many privileges of the law, sacrifices (Worthington)
