For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hills. Hebrew harim, may also be considered as the nominative case; "not from the south are there heights "to which they may flee for succour. (Haydock)
Yet most of the ancients agree with us; though is there "refuge "must then be supplied. (Berthier)
None would be able to screen the Babylonians, Jeremias xxv. 15, 26.
Take the cup of the wine of his fury. The king of Sesac (Babylon) shall drink after them. (Haydock)
The cup is so great that all shall taste, and the last will have the most bitter portion. (Calmet)
