For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stock and the store, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Strong. Hebrew and Septuagint imply, "woman. "(Haydock)
Valid am. (St. Cyprian, Test. i.)
After the death of Christ, the Jews had none strong. (St. Jerome)
Strength. Hebrew, "staff "or support (Leviticus xxvi. 26.) in the dreadful famine which fell on Jerusalem, Lamentations iv. 5, 10. Who then shall rely on the power of any man? (Chap. ii. 22.) (Calmet)
The Jews were depressed at the sieges of their city, and will be so till the end of the world. (Worthington)
