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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Lamentations 2:3

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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horn--worn in the East as an ornament on the forehead, and an emblem of power and majesty (Sa1 2:10; Psa 132:17; see on Jer 48:25). drawn back . . . fight hand-- (Psa 74:11). God has withdrawn the help which He before gave them. Not as HENDERSON, "He has turned back his (Israel's) right hand" (Psa 89:43).
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