1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Kings 8:51 For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.

Iron. This expression is often used to denote the rigour of the Egyptian bondage, Deuteronomy 4:20. Thus Homer says, that Mars was shut up for thirteen months in a barrel (or prison) of brass. (Iliad E.)