_Eleventh. Hebrew, "twelfth." Septuagint, "first of the twelfth month of the twelfth year." There are other variations in the versions. St. Jerome reads the first in Hebrew, as Theodoret does, who says that it and the Syriac have the twelfth year: which is true, if we neglect the points. (Calmet) --... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pharao, Ephree, Jeremias xliv 30. He came to assist Sedecias; but the Chaldeans raised the siege, went to meet him, an defeated his army. After they had subdued the neighbouring nations, Tyre, &c., they fell upon Egypt. (The year of the world 3433.) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dragon. Hebrew tannin, (Haydock) whence thunnus may be derived, means any water monster, and seems here put for the crocodile, (Calmet) which Pharao signifies. (Grotius) --- It was the symbol of Egypt, (Calmet) and adored by the people, Jeremias xv. 2. --- Rivers; the different branches of the Nile... [ Continue Reading ]
Bridle. The Tentyrians jump upon the crocodile's back, give it a club to bite at, which they seize with both hands, and bring it to the shore. (Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 25.) --- Others throw a hook baited with swine's flesh, and holding the rope on the shore, make a little pig squeak, with dr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel, tempting them to rebel. (St. Jerome) --- He promised more than he was able or strove to perform, though he made a show of giving aid._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Loins. They fell upon thee, and thou didst wound (Calmet) or "dissolve" their loins. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tower; or rather (Calmet) Hebrew and Septuagint, "from Magdol to Syene." (Haydock) --- This was on the frontiers of Ethiopia, below the cataracts. (Pliny, [Natural History?] v. 9.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Years, till the third of Cyrus, who gave liberty to all the captives at the beginning of his reign, ver. 13. (Calmet) --- Amasis reigned forty-four years in Lower Egypt, (Herodotus iii. 10.) over the few whom Nabuchodonosor spared._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Low. The Jews were not more tempted to apply to them for aid. (Calmet) --- Amasis strove to shake off the yoke: but Cambyses came and slew many. Psammenites killed himself; (Herodotus iii. 9.) or was taken to Susa, and the country laid waste. (Ctesias) --- Egypt has almost ever since been subject t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Year: fifteen (Calmet) or seventeen years after the preceding prophecy, (ver. 1.; Worthington) but on the same subject._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Peeled, with carrying machines of war and burdens for thirteen years. --- No reward worth the labour. The new city surrendered upon terms, (Calmet) or the citizens shipped off their most valuable goods, and retired to Carthage, &c. God gives a temporal reward for moral virtues, (St. Jerome) even to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Horn: Zorobabel; (St. Jerome) Jechonias, who was honoured by Evil-merodac; (Tirinus) or Daniel and Mardochai, with all the nation. --- Month. Thou shalt speak boldly, and they will give credit to thee henceforward. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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