Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Men. Literally, "man. "Hebrew abir, (Haydock) where Apis has been perhaps formed. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "Why has Apis (Complutensian omits this word) fled from thee? thy calf, thy chosen one has not remained. "(Haydock)
He derides the chief idol of Egypt; or he alludes to those who fell at Charcamis, or rather who fled after they had come out to assist Sedecias, chap. xxxvii. 5., and Ezechiel xxx. 21.