1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jeremiah 48:9 | Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out; and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited. | Flower: an usual ceremony at funerals. (Cornelius a Lapide) (Menochius) --- Manibus date lilia plenis. (Virgil, Aeneid vi.) --- Hebrew, "wings." Protestants, "signs." Septuagint, (Haydock) "that they may know how to return." Let Moab flee. (Calmet) |