A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote. — The Hebrew word for “liars” — literally, boastings — implies the falsehood of folly rather than of purpose. Better, perhaps, the prating fools. The marginal readings “chief stays” and “bars” rest on no adequate authority. Here the word applies to the diviners and magicians (comp. Isaiah 44:25).

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