9. (Compare "deal," or "proper,"
Isa 52:13,
Margin;
Isa 53:10;
Ps 118:6;
Jer 23:5).
as a garment--
(Isa 51:6, 8;
Ps 102:26).
A leading constituent of wealth in the East is change of raiment, which
is always liable to the inroads of the moth; hence the frequency of the
image in Scripture.
JFB.
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