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Isaiah 2:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down,.... This, with what follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and certainty of it; and also for the further explanation of what is before figuratively and metaphorically expressed.

See Gill on "Isa 2:11".

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