| I Samuel 2:8
| He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.
| World. The Hebrews represented the earth as resting on a firm basis, or on pillars, or turning on poles, Psalm 103:5., and Proverbs 8:25., etc. The magistrates of the earth may be also thus designated, as the world is entrusted to their care. God compares Jeremias to an iron pillar, Jeremias 1:18., and Apocalypse 3:12. (Calmet) --- The last sentence is omitted in the Septuagint.
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