A citation from the library
George Leo Haydock, on Isa 2:13
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Isa 2:13 · Douay-Rheims
“And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.”
On this verse:
“Basan. Israel; or Syria and the Ammonites, (Calmet) whom Nabuchodonosor subdued, five years after he had taken Jerusalem, (Josephus, [Jewish Antiquities?] x. 11.) as the Idumeans, (ver. 14.) Philistines, and Egyptians, (ver. 15.) and Tyrians, (ver. 16.) who felt also the indignation of the Lord, Jeremias xxv. 15.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.