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Ezekiel 26:11

With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets: he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Statues. The citizens chained the golden statue of Apollo to the altar of Hercules, for fear of its leaving them, when Alexander attacked the town. (Curtius iv.) Hiram placed a pillar of gold in the temple of Hercules. (Josephus, contra Apion i.) Herodotus (ii. 44.) saw another also of emerald stone, (smaragdon) which illuminated the temple in the night. On such the Tyrians might depend; though some render, "the substance or guard of thy strength "denoting the soldiers (Calmet) and towers. (Haydock) The gods were treated like the people, and their precious ornaments plundered.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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