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1 Kings 19:18

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Yet I have left: or, Yet I will leave, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 10:20-22; Romans 11:4-5

the knees: Exodus 20:5; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 14:10-12; Philippians 2:10

every mouth: Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from ad:, to and os, oris:, the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers. Job 31:27; Psalms 2:12; Hosea 13:2

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