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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 46:23

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Or, “They have cut down her forest, saith Yahweh, for it is impenetrable,” i. e., just as a pathless forest must be cleared to assist agriculture and the passage to and fro of men, so must the false worship and the material prosperity of Egypt be overthrown. Grasshoppers - The invading host advances as multitudinous as the locusts which consume the whole vegetation of the land on which they alight. return to 'Top of Page'
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