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isaiah 9:20 And they slice off [what is] on the right hand but [still] are hungry, And they eat [what is] on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.

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      20. hungry--not literally. Image from unappeasable hunger, to picture internal factions, reckless of the most tender ties (Isa 9:19), and insatiably spreading misery and death on every side (Jer 19:9).
      eat--not literally, but destroy (Ps 27:2; Job 19:22).
      flesh of . . . arm--those nearest akin: their former support (helper) (Isa 32:2) [MAURER].

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