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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 50:9

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Compare "deal," or "proper," Isa 52:13, Margin; Isa 53:10; Psa 118:6; Jer 23:5). as a garment-- (Isa 51:6, Isa 51:8; Psa 102:26). A leading constituent of wealth in the East is change of raiment, which is always liable to the inroads of the moth; hence the frequency of the image in Scripture.
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