Lux Domini
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

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Interpretation

How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 49:23-27.

Glossary

City People
The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).