Lay thee even with the ground (ejdafiousin). Only here in New Testament. Primarily, to beat level, like a threshing - floor or pavement. The Septuagint uses it in the sense of dashing down to the ground (Psalms 137:9, and elsewhere). So Rev., from the succeeding reference to the children, and in allusion to the Psalm.

Visitation. See on 1 Peter 2:12.

45 - 48. Compare Matthew 21:12-19; Mark 11:12-19.

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Old Testament