25. take away thy nose . . . ears —Adulteresses were punished so among the Egyptians and Chaldeans. Oriental beauties wore ornaments in the ear and nose. How just the retribution, that the features most bejewelled should be mutilated! So, allegorically as to Judah, the spiritual adulteress. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-26" class="com-number"
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