Thou shall bring down the wise of strangers The tumultuous noise, as the word properly signifies; the rage and furious attempts of those heathen nations that fought against God's people. As the heat in a dry place With as much ease as thou dost allay the heat of a dry place, by the shadow of thy clouds, or by the rain which falls from black and shadowy clouds. Here again, as in Isaiah 25:2, instead of strangers, Bishop Lowth reads, the proud. The branch of the terrible ones Their arm or power, as a branch is the arm of a tree; shall be brought low Shall be humbled and broken.

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