1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Kings 8:51 | For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron. | Iron. This expression is often used to denote the rigour of the Egyptian bondage, Deuteronomy 4:20. Thus Homer says, that Mars was shut up for thirteen months in a barrel (or prison) of brass. (Iliad E.) |