And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bitterness. Jezabel came hence; (4 Kings xvi. 31.) and the Phoenicians hemmed in the Israelites as much as possible, and fought against them. (Calmet)
Sidon was near Tyre, and imitating her crimes was also punished.
