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jeremiah 51:63 "And it will come about as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,
63. bind a stone, &c.--
(Re 18:21).
So the Phoceans in leaving their country, when about to found
Marseilles, threw lead into the sea, binding themselves not to return
till the lead should swim.