And the governors of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Let. Septuagint, "We shall find for us the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the Lord Almighty, their God. "(Haydock)
Judas always exhorted his men to trust in the Lord, 1 Machabees iii. 18. (Calmet)
Mocbai, the initials of "who is like thee among the strong, (Alim) O Lord "(Exodus xv. 11.; Haydock) is supposed to have been his motto, (Calmet) written on his banners; and some assert, that it occasioned the appellation of Machabees. (Haydock)
"Strengthen for me. "(Aquila)
