We read, as a fulfilment of this prophecy, that in the days of Simon, in the times of the Maccabees, "the ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things" (1Ma 14:9); while our Lord alludes to the games of children in the market-place, as a familiar incident in His own days. Matthew 11:16-17.

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