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Ezekiel 23:42

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a voice: This seems to be an account of an idolatrous festival, perhaps that of Bacchus; in which a riotous and drunken multitude assembled, adorned with bracelets and chaplets, accompanied with music, songs, and dances. Exodus 32:6, Exodus 32:18-19; Hosea 13:6; Amos 6:1-6

common sort: Heb. multitude of men

were brought: Job 1:15; Joel 3:8

Sabeans: or, drunkards

bracelets: Ezekiel 16:11-12; Revelation 12:3

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