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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 51:26
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jer 51:26 · Douay-Rheims
“And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord.”
On this verse:
“corner . . . stone . . . foundations--The corner-stone was the most important one in the building, the foundation-stones came next in importance (Eph 2:20). So the sense is, even as there shall be no stones useful for building left of thee, so no leading prince, or governors, shall come forth from thy inhabitants.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.