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Isaiah 49:10

neither shall the heat … smite them The word for heatshould probably be rendered the hot wind (Sirocco; LXX., καύσων). It is often taken to denote the mirage (see on ch. Isaiah 35:7), but that meaning is unsuitable here on account of the verb "smite."

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹ֤א יִרְעָ֨בוּ֙ וְ לֹ֣א יִצְמָ֔אוּ וְ לֹא

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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