1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jeremiah 6:1 | Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction. | Strengthen. Hebrew also, "Flee, Benjamites, from the midst," etc. Jerusalem belonged partly to this tribe, which prided itself on its valour. --- Thecua was in the lot of Juda, 15 miles south of Jerusalem. --- North. The Chaldeans approach, Jeremias 1:13. (Calmet) |