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The restoration of the Jews to their own land. (1-8) The wickedness of the priests and prophets of Judah, The people exhorted not to listen to false promises. (9-22) The pretenders to inspiration threatened. (23-32) Also the scoffers at true prophecy. (33-40)
Verses 1-8 Woe be to those who are set to feed God's people, but take no concern to do them good! Here is a word of comfort to the neglected sheep. Though only a remnant of God's flock is left, he will find them out, and they shall be brought to their former habitations. Christ is spoken of as a branch from David's family. He is righteous himself, and through him all his people are made righteous. Christ shall break the usurped power of Satan. All the spiritual seed of believing Abraham and praying Jacob shall be protected, and shall be saved from the guilt and dominion of sin. In the days of Christ's government in the soul, the soul dwells at ease. He is here spoken of as "the Lord our Righteousness." He is so our Righteousness as no creature could be. His obedience unto death is the justifying righteousness of believers, and their title to heavenly happiness. And their sanctification, as the source of all their personal obedience is the effect of their union with him, and of the supply of this Spirit. By this name every true believer shall call him, and call upon him. We have nothing to plead but this, Christ has died, yea, rather is risen again; and we have taken him for our Lord. This righteousness which he has wrought out to the satisfaction of law and justice, becomes ours; being a free gift given to us, through the Spirit of God, who puts it upon us, clothes us with it, enables us to lay hold upon it, and claim an interest in it. "The Lord our Righteousness" is a sweet name to a convinced sinner; to one that has felt the guilt of sin in his conscience; seen his need of that righteousness, and the worth of it. This great salvation is far more glorious than all former deliverances of his church. May our souls be gathered to Him, and be found in him.
Verses 9-22 The false prophets of Samaria had deluded the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem as guilty of more horrible wickedness, by which the people were made bold in sin. These false teachers would be compelled to suffer the most bitter part of the Lord's indignation. They made themselves believe that there was no harm in sin, and practised accordingly; then they made others believe so. Those who are resolved to go on in evil ways, will justly be given up to believe strong delusions. But which of them had received any revelation of God, or understood any thing of his word? There was a time coming when they would reflect on their folly and unbelief with remorse. The teaching and example of the true prophets led men to repentance, faith, and righteousness. The false prophets led men to rest in forms and notions, and to be quiet in their sins. Let us take heed that we do not follow unrighteousness.
Verses 23-32 Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock; if not melted by the word of God as a fire, it will be broken to pieces by it as a hammer. How can they be long safe, or at all easy, who have a God of almighty power against them? The word of God is no smooth, lulling, deceitful message. And by its faithfulness it may certainly be distinguished from false doctrines.
Verses 33-40 Those are miserable indeed who are forsaken and forgotten of God; and men's jesting at God's judgments will not baffle them. God had taken Israel to be a people near to him, but they shall now be cast out of his presence. It is a mark of great and daring impiety for men to jest with the words of God. Every idle and profane word will add to the sinner's burden in the day of judgment, when everlasting shame will be his portion.
Jeremiah 23:1-40 . THE WICKED RULERS TO BE SUPERSEDED BY THE KING, WHO SHOULD REIGN OVER THE AGAIN UNITED PEOPLES, ISRAEL AND JUDAH.
This forms the epilogue to the denunciations of the four kings, in Jeremiah 21:1-22:30'.
1. pastors--Shallum, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah ( Ezekiel 34:2 ).
2. Ye have not . . . visited them . . . I will visit upon you--just retribution. Play upon the double sense of "visit." "Visit upon," namely, in wrath ( Exodus 32:34 ).
3, 4. Restoration of Judah from Babylon foretold in language which in its fulness can only apply to the final restoration of both "Judah" and "Israel" (compare Jeremiah 23:6 ); also "out of all countries," in this verse and Jeremiah 23:8 ; also, "neither shall they be lacking," that is, none shall be missing or detached from the rest: a prophecy never yet fully accomplished. It holds good also of the spiritual Israel, the elect of both Jews and Gentiles ( Malachi 3:16 Malachi 3:17 , John 10:28 , 17:12 ). As to the literal Israel also, see Jeremiah 32:37 , Isaiah 54:13 , 60:21 , Ezekiel 34:11-16 .
shepherds . . . shall feed them--( Jeremiah 3:15 Ezekiel 34:23-31 ). Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees were but typical of the consummating fulfilment of these prophecies under Messiah.
5. As Messianic prophecy extended over many years in which many political changes took place in harmony with these, it displayed its riches by a variety more effective than if it had been manifested all at once. As the moral condition of the Jews required in each instance, so Messiah was exhibited in a corresponding phase, thus becoming more and more the soul of the nation's life: so that He is represented as the antitypical Israel ( Isaiah 49:3 ).
unto David--HENGSTENBERG observes that Isaiah dwells more on His prophetical and priestly office, which had already been partly set forth ( Deuteronomy 18:18 , Psalms 110:4 ). Other prophets dwell more on His kingly office. Therefore here He is associated with "David" the king: but in Isaiah 11:1 with the then poor and unknown "Jesse."
righteous Branch--"the Branch of righteousness" ( Jeremiah 33:15 ); "The Branch" simply ( Zechariah 3:8 , 6:12 ); "The Branch of the Lord" ( Isaiah 4:2 ).
prosper--the very term applied to Messiah's undertaking ( Isaiah 52:13 , Margin; Isaiah 53:10 ). Righteousness or justice is the characteristic of Messiah elsewhere, too, in connection with our salvation or justification ( Isaiah 53:11 , Daniel 9:24 , Zechariah 9:9 ). So in the New Testament He is not merely "righteous" Himself, but "righteousness to us" ( 1 Corinthians 1:30 ), so that we become "the righteousness of God in Him" ( Romans 10:3 Romans 10:4 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 Philippians 3:9 ).
execute judgment and justice in the earth--( Psalms 72:2 , Isaiah 9:7 , Isaiah 32:1 Isaiah 32:18 ). Not merely a spiritual reign in the sense in which He is "our righteousness," but a righteous reign "in the earth" ( Jeremiah 3:17 Jeremiah 3:18 ). In some passages He is said to come to judge, in others to reign. In Matthew 25:34 , He is called "the King." Psalms 9:7 unites them. Compare Daniel 7:22 Daniel 7:26 Daniel 7:27 .
6. Judah . . . Israel . . . dwell safely--Compare Jeremiah 33:16 , where "Jerusalem" is substituted for "Israel" here. Only Judah, and that only in part, has as yet returned. So far are the Jews from having enjoyed, as yet, the temporal blessings here foretold as the result of Messiah's reign, that their lot has been, for eighteen centuries, worse than ever before. The accomplishment must, therefore, be still future, when both Judah and Israel in their own land shall dwell safely under a Christocracy, far more privileged than even the old theocracy ( Jeremiah 32:37 , Deuteronomy 33:28 , Isaiah 54:1-17 , 60:1-22 , 65:17-25 , Zechariah 14:11 ).
shall be called, the Lord--that is, shall be ( Isaiah 9:6 ) "Jehovah," God's incommunicable name. Though when applied to created things, it expresses only some peculiar connection they have with Jehovah ( Genesis 22:14 , Exodus 17:15 ), yet when applied to Messiah it must express His Godhead manifested in justifying power towards us ( 1 Timothy 3:16 ).
our--marks His manhood, which is also implied in His being a Branch raised unto David, whence His human title, "Son of David" (compare Matthew 22:42-45 ).
Righteousness--marks His Godhead, for God alone can justify the ungodly (compare Romans 4:5 , Isaiah 45:17 Isaiah 45:24 Isaiah 45:25 ).
7, 8. Repeated from Jeremiah 16:14 Jeremiah 16:15 . The prophet said the same things often, in order that his sayings might make the more impression. The same promise as in Jeremiah 23:3 Jeremiah 23:4 . The wide dispersion of the Jews at the Babylonish captivity prefigures their present wider dispersion ( Isaiah 11:11 , Joel 3:6 ). Their second deliverance is to exceed far the former one from Egypt. But the deliverance from Babylon was inferior to that from Egypt in respect to the miracles performed and the numbers delivered. The final deliverance under Messiah must, therefore, be meant, of which that from Babylon was the earnest.
9. because of the prophets--so the Masorites and Targum. But Vulgate, Septuagint, &c., make this the inscription of the prophecy, CONCERNING THE PROPHETS: as in Jeremiah 46:2 , 48:1 , 49:1 . Jeremiah expresses his horror at the so-called "prophets" not warning the people, though iniquity so fearfully abounded, soon to be followed by awful judgments.
bones shake--( Habakkuk 3:16 ).
drunken--God's judgments are represented as stupefying like wine. The effects of the Holy Spirit also are compared to those of wine ( Acts 2:17 ). In both cases ecstasy was produced. This accounts for the denial of wine to those likely to be inspired, Nazarites, &c. ( Luke 1:15 ). It was necessary to put it out of men's power to ascribe inspired ecstasy to the effects of wine.
because of . . . words of . . . holiness--because of Jehovah's holy words, wherewith He threatened severe penalties, soon to be inflicted, against the breakers of His law.
10. adulterers--spiritual, that is, forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband ( Isaiah 54:5 ) for idols, at the instigation of the false "prophets" ( Jeremiah 23:9 Jeremiah 23:15 ). Literal adultery and fornication, the usual concomitants of idolatry, are also meant.
swearing--MAURER, &c., translate, "Because of the curse (of God on it), the land mourneth" ( Deuteronomy 27:15-26 , 28:15-68 , Isaiah 24:6 ). More than usual notoriety had been given to the curses of the law, by the finding and reading of it in Josiah's time ( 2 Kings 22:11 , &c.). But Hosea 4:2 Hosea 4:3 , favors English Version (compare Jeremiah 12:4 ). A drought was sent by God on the pastures ("pleasant places," oases) in the desert, on account of the "profaneness" of the priests, prophets, and people ( Jeremiah 23:11 ).
course . . . evil--They (both prophets and people) rush into wickedness ( Jeremiah 23:21 , Isaiah 59:7 ).
force . . . not right--Their powers are used not on the side of rectitude, but on that of falsehood.
11. profane--( Ezekiel 23:39 , Zephaniah 3:4 ).
in my house--( Jeremiah 7:30 ). They built altars to idols in the very temple ( 2 Kings 23:12 , Ezekiel 8:3-16 ). Compare as to covetousness under the roof of the sanctuary, Matthew 21:13 , John 2:16 .
12. slippery ways in . . . darkness--Their "way" is their false doctrine which proves fatal to them ( Jeremiah 13:16 , Psalms 35:6 , Proverbs 4:19 ).
I will bring evil . . . visitation--still more calamities than those already inflicted. wrath.
13. folly--literally, "insipidity," "unsavouriness" ( Job 6:6 ), not having the salt of godliness ( Colossians 4:6 ).
in Baal--in the name of Baal; in connection with his worship (see Jeremiah 2:8 ).
caused . . . to err--( Isaiah 9:16 ).
14. "Jerusalem" and Judah were even worse than "Samaria" and the ten tribes; the greater were the privileges of the former, the greater was their guilt. They had the temple in their midst, which the ten tribes had not; yet in the temple itself they practised idolatry.
strengthen . . . hands of evildoers--( Ezekiel 13:22 ).
as Sodom--( Deuteronomy 32:32 , Isaiah 1:10 ).
16. make you vain--They seduce you to vanity, that is, idolatry, which will prove a vain trust to you ( Jeremiah 2:5 , 2 Kings 17:15 , Jonah 2:8 ), [GESENIUS]. Rather, "they delude you with vain promises of security" ( Jeremiah 23:17 ; compare Psalms 62:10 ) [MAURER].
of their own heart--of their own invention ( Jeremiah 23:21 , Jeremiah 14:14 ).
17. say still--Hebrew, "say in saying," that is, say incessantly.
peace--( Jeremiah 6:14 , Ezekiel 13:10 , Zechariah 10:2 ).
imagination--Hebrew, "obstinacy."
no evil--( Micah 3:11 ).
18. A reason is given why the false prophets should not be heeded: They have not stood in the counsels of Jehovah (an image from ministers present in a standing posture at councils of Eastern kings) (compare Jeremiah 23:22 , Job 15:8 ). The spiritual man alone has the privilege ( Genesis 18:17 , Psalms 25:14 , Amos 3:7 , John 15:15 , 1 Corinthians 2:16 ).
19. So far from all prosperity awaiting the people as the false prophets say ( Jeremiah 23:17 ), wrath is in store for them.
grievous--literally, "eddying," whirling itself about, a tornado. In Jeremiah 30:23 , "continuing" is substituted for "grievous."
fall grievously--it shall be hurled on.
20. in . . . latter days--that is, "the year of their visitation" ( Jeremiah 23:12 ). Primarily the meaning is: the Jews will not "consider" now God's warnings ( Deuteronomy 32:29 ); but when the prophecies shall be fulfilled in their Babylonish exile, they will consider and see, by bitter experience, their sinful folly. The ultimate scope of the prophecy is: the Jews, in their final dispersion, shall at last "consider" their sin and turn to Messiah "perfectly" ( Hosea 3:5 , Zechariah 12:5 Zechariah 12:10-14 , Luke 13:35 ).
21. sent . . . spoken--sent" refers to the primary call: "spoken" to the subsequent charges given to be executed. A call is required, not only external, on the part of men, but also internal from God, that one should undertake a pastor's office [CALVIN].
22. stood in . . . counsel--( Jeremiah 23:18 ).
they should have turned them from their evil way--They would have given such counsels to the people as would have turned them from their sins ( Jeremiah 25:5 , Isaiah 55:11 ), and so would have averted punishment. Their not teaching the law in which God's counsel is set forth proves they are not His prophets, though they boast of being so ( Matthew 7:15-20 ).
23. Let not the false prophets fancy that their devices ( Jeremiah 23:25 ) are unknown to Me. Are ye so ignorant as to suppose that I can only see things near Me, namely, things in heaven, and not earthly things as being too remote?
24. ( Psalms 139:7 , &c. Amos 9:2 Amos 9:3 ).
fill heaven and earth--with My omniscience providence, power, and essential being ( 1 Kings 8:27 ).
25. dreamed--I have received a prophetic communication by dream ( Numbers 12:6 , Deuteronomy 13:1 , &c. Joel 2:28 ).
26. prophets--a different Hebrew form from the usual one, "prophesiers." "How long," cries Jeremiah, impatient of their impious audacity, "shall these prophecy-mongers go on prophesying lies?" The answer is given in Jeremiah 23:29-34 .
27. They "think" to make My people utterly to forget Me. But I will oppose to those dreamers my true prophets.
fathers . . . for Baal--( Judges 3:7 , Judges 8:33 Judges 8:34 ).
28. God answers the objection which might be stated, "What, then, must we do, when lies are spoken as truths, and prophets oppose prophets?" Do the same as when wheat is mixed with chaff: do not reject the wheat because of the chaff mixed with it, but discriminate between the false and the true revelations. The test is adherence to, or forgetfulness of, Me and My law ( Jeremiah 23:27 ).
that hath a dream--that pretends to have a divine communication by dream, let him tell it "faithfully," that it may be compared with "my word" ( 2 Corinthians 4:2 ). The result will be the former (both the prophets and their fictions) will soon be seen to be chaff; the latter (the true prophets and the word of God in their mouth) wheat ( Psalms 1:4 , Hosea 13:3 ).
29. As the "fire" consumes the "chaff" ( Jeremiah 23:28 ), so "My word" will consume the false prophets ( Matthew 3:12 , Hebrews 4:12 ). "My word" which is "wheat" ( Jeremiah 23:28 ), that is, food to the true prophet and his hearers, is a consuming "fire," and a crushing "hammer" ( Matthew 21:44 ) to false prophets and their followers ( 2 Corinthians 2:16 ). The Word of the false prophets may be known by its promising men peace in sin. "My word," on the contrary, burns and breaks the hard-hearted ( Jeremiah 20:9 ). The "hammer" symbolizes destructive power ( Jeremiah 50:23 , Nahum 2:1 , Margin).
30. steal my words--a twofold plagiarism; one steals from the other, and all steal words from Jehovah's true prophets, but misapply them (see Jeremiah 28:2 , John 10:1 , Revelation 22:19 ).
31. use--rather, "take" their tongue: a second class (compare Jeremiah 23:30 ) require, in order to bring forth a revelation, nothing more than their tongues, wherewith they say, He (Jehovah) saith: they bungle in the very formula instead of the usual "Jehovah saith," being only able to say "(He) saith."
32. Third class: inventors of lies: the climax, and worst of the three.
lightness--wanton inventions ( Zephaniah 3:4 ).
not profit--that is, greatly injure.
33. What is the burden--play on the double sense of the Hebrew: an oracle and a burden. They scoffingly ask, Has he got any new burden (burdensome oracle: for all his prophecies are disasters) to announce ( Malachi 1:1 )? Jeremiah indignantly repeats their own question, Do you ask, What burden? This, then, it is, "I will forsake you." My word is burdensome in your eyes, and you long to be rid if it. You shall get your wish. There will be no more prophecy: I will forsake you, and that will be a far worse "burden" to you.
34. The burden--Whoever shall in mockery call the Lord's word "a burden," shall be visited (Margin) in wrath.
35. The result of My judgments shall be, ye shall address the prophet more reverentially hereafter, no longer calling his message a burden, but a divine response or word. "What hath the LORD answered?"
36. every man's word . . . his burden--As they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word.
living God--not lifeless as their dumb idols, ever living so as to be able to punish.
39. I will . . . forget you--just retribution for their forgetting Him ( Hosea 4:6 ). But God cannot possibly forget His children ( Isaiah 49:15 ). Rather for "forget" translate, "I will altogether lift you up (like a 'burden,' alluding to their mocking term for God's messages) and cast you off." God makes their wicked language fall on their own head [CALVIN]. Compare Jeremiah 23:36 : "every man's word shall be his burden."
40. not be forgotten--If we translate Jeremiah 23:39 as English Version, the antithesis is, though I forget you, your shame shall not be forgotten.


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When Bell Academy reaches $1,000 Tripp will be duct taped to a wall by all students who have raised funds, and when the school has raised $2,000, Tripp will become a human hotdog.
Tripp explained that being hotdogged would allow students who raised $20 or more to cover him with condiments like cheese, relish, mayonnaise, etc.
If each student raised just $10, the school would collectively raise $3, 610.
Montavious Miller, a fifth-grader, has raised $67 so far and is shooting for $100. He said, "I am doing this for children because I like to help people feel better."
Sara Bess Morgan, third grader, has raised $50 and is also going for $100.
"We could not undertake this project without the support of principal, Dr. Jerry Kitchens and the school staff. Liz Young, regional representative for the American Heart Association, provides support in this area and has been so helpful with fundraising and incentives," says Tripp.
Students have been learning to jump rope in physical education classes. "I like helping others and learning to jump rope," said first-grader Mattie Rocconi.
"I'm doing this to help people get healthy," said Arin Kelly, a sixth-grader.
"Our hope is that through programs like Jump Rope for Heart that the Delta region of Mississippi would get a jump start toward increased childhood exercise and to join the nation in an effort to reduce obesity and all its negative effects," said Tripp.
Students at Bell Academy are feeling good about making a difference in people's lives. "It's fun to learn how to save lives," said Madi Cole Beck, a first-grader.


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Some background on my tinkering here:
Father Erich, Magister Hans, Anselm von Bruner (newly minted noble) and Findulas the Asrai (wood elf to the slow witted humans) arrive in Marienburg in Vorhexen, last month of 2521. The heroes disembark at the Suiddock wharfs in Marienburg. As newcomers they are grossly over charged for a gondola ride to the Kruismuur district and Hans' relations mansion.
Hans is here to read a letter his grandmother, Lady Theodora von Stauffer wrote before committing suicide. His uncle Eldred von Stauffer has it, being here with is wife Wandalina (following up on Edge of Night).
Hans looks to find the Tarnopol mansion where his uncle winters with wife Wandalina's family in the Kruiersmuur district - a good quality district though it looks to have seen better days. The Tarnopol's mansion has also seen better days but Hans is welcomed and the heroes offered some refreshment. They will be able to sleep here at least their first night (assuming Hans is on good behaviour).
Hans goes off to be closeted on family matters with his aunt Lady Wandalina, his uncle being absent.
He learns from distraught Lady Wandalina that Eldred has been caught up in some band of Sigmarite lunatics following a child, Karl, that an old Sigmarite priest named Helmut has proclaimed Sigmar's heir after some nonsense in the Winkelmarkt (being a Marienburger by birth and Manaan favourer not Sigmarite she has no time for this sort of nonsense). Eldred seems to have fixated on the boy as both holy and the son he can never have (see curse below). She begs Hans to look into the boys background and find evidence to sober Eldred up, hopefully to then overtake this mob - that left the city a few days ago to walk the 400 + miles to Altdorf in winter - and extract him before they all end frozen, burned or worse. She offers reward if he can accomplish this (She is thus the Crispin role in original, with the PC's uncle instead of a missing daughter - trying to build stronger PC connections).
In the course of this meeting he sees a last letter from his grandmother which reveals she used magic to seduce his grandfather, betrayed the witch that gave it to her, and caused the bloodline to be cursed to end badly and with magic (the generation of Krijn and Hans being when this manifests...)
Not long after they arrive there is a knock on the door as a messenger is there for the Sigmarite priest who has recently come to town (apparently comings and goings at the Suiddock wharves are a subject of some talk). Father Erich is called away to a meeting.
Father Erich meets Lady Therese von Sydow, a noblewoman from Altdorf here wrapping up her deceased husband's business affairs (a devote wealthy widow, what every priest needs one or two of - an early 30's widow too, the early 30's of the nobility not the peasantry). She arrived too late to see this boy Karl but has heard of him and seeks a trustworthy Sigmarite to investigate the background of his claims. She is level headed and knows he's probably one or other kind of false heir to Sigmar (fraud, fool, cultist etc.) but cannot to ignore the possibility he is legimitate. She hopes so to see the Empire strengthened by another Sigmar or Magnus. She offers no reward (that's so crass, this is a holy matter) but is very generous with some cash to help finance investigating (One guess who she is from the original.....)
The other two heroes hear gossip with Tarnopol staff, everyone learns about the Crusade of the Child (basic information)
Six days before heroes arrived, a rag tag band of fanatics left Marienburg, lead by an older Sigmarite priest named Helmut. They travel under the Thin Tailed Comet banner of a boy named Karl who is proclaimed to be Sigmar's Chosen or Sigmar Reborn. They numbered a few more than a hundred, or two hundred or three hundred depending on who is talking.
The boy Karl came to public attention only 14 days earlier when he escaped chaos cultists trying to kill him - a street brawl ensuing in which he took up a blacksmith's hammer and defended himself ably. The sight of the boy wielding a hammer to smite evil-doers lead to a frenzied proclamation of his holiness when the twin-tailed comet of Sigmar was seen upon his very flesh. Marienburg is happy to see the mostly-former Empire, Sigmarite fanatics who flocked to this pair leave - some say the Directorate encouraged it.
Altdorf is 400 or so miles away depending on route. A mob such as this will make poor time. Most doubt the fanatics and fools will survive the journey - particularly in winter as they go into the mainland where the weather is harsher.
I adjusted timelines for various reasons of consistency and ensuring the Crusade has a good enough head start even with its slow speed - I have mapped out the actual route and travel times of the Crusade to keep track of "necessary delays" for the heroes etc.
So, with that, next session we will start playing Chapter One of the campaign. I've had fun converting stuff to 3rd edition with its multivariate outcomes etc.


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God's providential care of the children of men in distresses, in banishment, and dispersion. (1-9) In captivity. (10-16) In sickness. (17-22) Danger at sea.(23-32) God's hand is to be seen by his own people. (33-43)
Verses 1-9 In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass through the world as a dangerous and dreary wilderness, often ready to faint through troubles, fears, and temptations. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, after God, and communion with him, shall be filled with the goodness of his house, both in grace and glory.
Verses 10-16 This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his guilt and misery. Having struggled in vain for deliverance, he finds there is no help for him but in the mercy and grace of God. His sin is forgiven by a merciful God, and his pardon is accompanied by deliverance from the power of sin and Satan, and by the sanctifying and comforting influences of God the Holy Spirit.
Verses 17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is also to be applied to the spiritual cures which the Spirit of grace works. He sends his word, and heals souls; convinces, converts them, makes them holy, and all by the word. Even in common cases of recovery from sickness, God in his providence speaks, and it is done; by his word and Spirit the soul is restored to health and holiness.
Verses 23-32 Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable it is at such a time to pray! This may remind us of the terrors and distress of conscience many experience, and of those deep scenes of trouble which many pass through, in their Christian course. Yet, in answer to their cries, the Lord turns their storm into a calm, and causes their trials to end in gladness.
Verses 33-43 What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly increase, whose beginning was small. We see many who have thus suddenly risen, as suddenly brought to nothing. Worldly wealth is uncertain; often those who are filled with it, ere they are aware, lose it again. God has many ways of making men poor. The righteous shall rejoice. It shall fully convince all those who deny the Divine Providence. When sinners see how justly God takes away the gifts they have abused, they will not have a word to say. It is of great use to us to be fully assured of God's goodness, and duly affected with it. It is our wisdom to mind our duty, and to refer our comfort to him. A truly wise person will treasure in his heart this delightful psalm. From it, he will fully understand the weakness and wretchedness of man, and the power and loving-kindness of God, not for our merit, but for his mercy's sake.
Psalms 107:1-43 . Although the general theme of this Psalm may have been suggested by God's special favor to the Israelites in their restoration from captivity, it must be regarded as an instructive celebration of God's praise for His merciful providence to all men in their various emergencies. Of these several are given--captivity and bondage, wanderings by land and sea, and famine; some as evidences of God's displeasure, and all the deliverances as evidence of His goodness and mercy to them who humbly seek Him.
1, 2. This call for thankful praise is the burden or chorus (compare Psalms 107:8 Psalms 107:15 , &c.).
2. redeemed of the Lord--(compare Isaiah 35:9 Isaiah 35:10 ).
say--that is, that His mercy, &c.
hand of--or, "power of enemy."
3. gathered--alluding to the dispersion of captives throughout the Babylonian empire.
from the south--literally, "the sea," or, Red Sea ( Psalms 114:3 ), which was on the south.
4-7. A graphic picture is given of the sufferings of those who from distant lands returned to Jerusalem; or,
city of habitation--may mean the land of Palestine.
5. fainted--was overwhelmed ( Psalms 61:3 , 77:3 ).
8, 9. To the chorus is added, as a reason for praise, an example of the extreme distress from which they had been delivered--extreme hunger, the severest privation of a journey in the desert.
10-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against ( Psalms 105:28 ) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters.
shadow of death--darkness with danger ( Psalms 23:4 ).
16. broken--literally, "shivered" ( Isaiah 45:2 ).
17-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment.
are afflicted--literally "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawing near unto the gates of death ( Psalms 107:18 ).
18. near unto--literally, "even to"
gates--or, "domains" ( Psalms 9:13 ).
20. sent his word--that is, put forth His power.
their destructions--that is, that which threatened them. To the chorus is added the mode of giving thanks, by a sacrifice and joyful singing ( Psalms 50:14 ).
23-32. Here are set forth the perils of seafaring, futility of man's, and efficiency of God's, help.
go . . . sea--alluding to the elevation of the land at the coast.
24. These see . . . deep--illustrated both by the storm He raises and the calm He makes with a word ( Psalms 33:9 ).
25. waves thereof--literally, "His waves" (God's, Psalms 42:7 ).
27. are . . . end--literally, "all their wisdom swallows up itself," destroys itself by vain and contradictory devices, such as despair induces.
29-32. He maketh . . . calm--or, "to stand to stillness," or "in quiet." Instead of acts of temple-worship, those of the synagogue are here described, where the people with the
assembly--or session of elders, convened for reading, singing, prayer, and teaching.
33-41. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, &c.--God's providence is illustriously displayed in His influence on two great elements of human prosperity, the earth's productiveness and the powers of government. He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is changed to one of adversity. He rules rulers, setting up one and putting down another.
40. wander . . . wilderness--reduced to misery ( Job 12:24 ).
42, 43. In this providential government, good men will rejoice, and the cavils of the wicked will be stopped ( Job 5:16 , Isaiah 52:15 ), and all who take right views will appreciate God's unfailing mercy and unbounded love.


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The crash occurred Tuesday just before noon, according to reports filed by THP.
Brandon T. Hadden, 21, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Steven P. Capps, 23, of Athens.
According to the report filed by trooper Kevin Hoppe, the two were traveling southbound on Highway 58 in a 1992 Honda.
Capps reportedly failed to stop at a red light and a truck carrying logs struck the passenger side of his vehicle, according to Hoppe's initial investigation.
Hoppe's report identified the driver of the log truck as Roy G. Thompson, 36, of Grandview.
Thompson was driving eastbound on Highway 30 when the two vehicles collided.
According to Hoppe, criminal charges could be pending as the investigation continues.
- Cleveland Police filed a report for a 20th Street resident who reported someone entered her vehicle last week and took a leather jacket.
Detective Steve Ross is in charge of the investigation.
According to a report filed by officer Jennifer McKee, she responded to 322 20th St. N.E. and spoke with Alicia Martin.
Martin said she had left her Andrew Marc's leather jacket inside her car, which she reportedly had not locked.
It was believed that sometime during the night Thursday, someone opened the car and took the jacket, which was valued at $350.
- CPD officers also filed several reports of vandalism which occurred in the Ridgeview Drive area.
Officer Steve West filed a report for Nicholas Prihoda who said a tire had been slashed on his car Monday night. Prihoda estimated the tire to be valued at $130.
West also filed a report for Monica Alward, who said someone slashed four tires on her car while it was parked at a Ridgeview Drive residence. Alward estimated her loss at $540.
Steven Stancil told West someone gained entry to his Toyota Avalon and took keys from the car to gain access into his garage. Once inside, tires on two vehicles were slashed.
Stancil estimated his damage at $1,400.


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The ruin of Babylon. (1-3,8-16,21-32,35-46;) The redemption of God's people. (4-7,17-20,33,34)
Verses 1-7 The king of Babylon was kind to Jeremiah, yet the prophet must foretell the ruin of that kingdom. If our friends are God's enemies, we dare not speak peace to them. The destruction of Babylon is spoken of as done thoroughly. Here is a word for the comfort of the Jews. They shall return to their God first, then to their own land; the promise of their conversion and reformation makes way for the other promises. Their tears flow not from the sorrow of the world, as when they went into captivity, but from godly sorrow. They shall seek after the Lord as their God, and have no more to do with idols. They shall think of returning to their own country. This represents the return of poor souls to God. In true converts there are sincere desires to attain the end, and constant cares to keep in the way. Their present case is lamented as very sad. The sins of professing Christians never will excuse those who rejoice in destroying them.
Verses 8-20 The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is set forth in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord. Babylon shall be wholly desolated; for she hath sinned against the Lord. Sin makes men a mark for the arrows of God's judgments. The mercy promised to the Israel of God, shall not only accompany, but arise from the destruction of Babylon. These sheep shall be gathered from the deserts, and put again into good pasture. All who return to God and their duty, shall find satisfaction of soul in so doing. Deliverances out of trouble are comforts indeed, when fruits of the forgiveness of sin.
Verses 21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?
Verses 33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin, and their punishment. The sins are, idolatry and persecution. He that will not save his people in their sins, never will countenance the wickedness of his open enemies. The judgments of God for these sins will lay them waste. In the judgments denounced against prosperous Babylon, and the mercies promised to afflicted Israel, we learn to choose to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Jeremiah 50:1-46 . BABYLON'S COMING DOWNFALL; ISRAEL'S REDEMPTION.
After the predictions of judgment to be inflicted on other nations by Babylon, follows this one against Babylon itself, the longest prophecy, consisting of one hundred verses. The date of utterance was the fourth year of Zedekiah, when Seraiah, to whom it was committed, was sent to Babylon ( Jeremiah 51:59 Jeremiah 51:60 ). The repetitions in it make it likely that it consists of prophecies uttered at different times, now collected by Jeremiah to console the Jews in exile and to vindicate God's ways by exhibiting the final doom of Babylon, the enemy of the people of God, after her long prosperity. The style, imagery, and dialogues prove its genuineness in opposition to those who deny this. It shows his faithfulness; though under obligation to the king of Babylon, he owed a higher one to God, who directed him to prophesy against Babylon.
1. Compare Isaiah 45:1-47:15'. But as the time of fulfilment drew nearer, the prophecies are now proportionally more distinct than then.
2. Declare . . . among . . . nations--who would rejoice at the fall of Babylon their oppressor.
standard--to indicate the place of meeting to the nations where they were to hear the good news of Babylon's fall [ROSENMULLER]; or, the signal to summon the nations together against Babylon ( Jeremiah 51:12 Jeremiah 51:27 ), [MAURER].
Bel--the tutelary god of Babylon; the same idol as the Phoenician Baal, that is, lord, the sun ( Isaiah 46:1 ).
confounded--because unable to defend the city under their protection.
Merodach--another Babylonian idol; meaning in Syria "little lord"; from which Merodach-baladan took his name.
3. a nation--the Medes, north of Babylon ( Jeremiah 51:48 ). The devastation of Babylon here foretold includes not only that by Cyrus, but also that more utter one by Darius, who took Babylon by artifice when it had revolted from Persia, and mercilessly slaughtered the inhabitants, hanging four thousand of the nobles; also the final desertion of Babylon, owing to Seleucia having been built close by under Seleucus Nicanor.
4. Fulfilled only in part when some few of the ten tribes of "Israel" joined Judah in a "covenant" with God, at the restoration of Judah to its land ( Nehemiah 9:38 , 10:29 ). The full event is yet to come ( Jeremiah 31:9 , Hosea 1:11 , Zechariah 12:10 ).
weeping--with joy at their restoration beyond all hope; and with sorrow at the remembrance of their sins and sufferings ( Ezra 3:12 Ezra 3:13 , Psalms 126:5 Psalms 126:6 ).
seek . . . Lord--( Hosea 3:5 ).
5. thitherward--rather, "hitherward," Jeremiah's prophetical standpoint being at Zion. "Faces hitherward" implies their steadfastness of purpose not to be turned aside by any difficulties on the way.
perpetual covenant--in contrast to the old covenant "which they brake" ( Jeremiah 31:31 , &c. Jeremiah 32:40 ). They shall return to their God first, then to their own land.
6. ( Isaiah 53:6 ).
on the mountains--whereon they sacrificed to idols ( Jeremiah 2:20 , Jeremiah 3:6 Jeremiah 3:23 ).
resting-place--for the "sheep," continuing the image; Jehovah is the resting-place of His sheep ( Matthew 11:28 ). They rest in His "bosom" ( Isaiah 40:11 ). Also His temple at Zion, their "rest," because it is His ( Psalms 132:8 Psalms 132:14 ).
7. devoured--( Psalms 79:7 ). "Found them" implies that they were exposed to the attacks of those whoever happened to meet them.
adversaries said--for instance, Nebuzara-dan ( Jeremiah 40:2 Jeremiah 40:3 ; compare Zechariah 11:5 ). The Gentiles acknowledged some supreme divinity. The Jews' guilt was so palpable that they were condemned even in the judgment of heathens. Some knowledge of God's peculiar relation to Judea reached its heathen invaders from the prophets ( Jeremiah 2:3 , Daniel 9:16 ); hence the strong language they use of Jehovah here, not as worshippers of Him themselves, but as believing Him to be the tutelary God of Judah ("the hope of their fathers," Psalms 22:4 ; they do not say our hope), as each country was thought to have its local god, whose power extended no farther.
habitation--( Psalms 90:1 , 91:1 ). Alluding to the tabernacle, or, as in Ezekiel 34:14 , "fold," which carries out the image in Jeremiah 50:6 , "resting-place" of the "sheep." But it can only mean "habitation" ( Jeremiah 31:23 ), which confirms English Version here.
hope of their fathers--This especially condemned the Jews that their apostasy was from that God whose faithfulness their fathers had experienced. At the same time these "adversaries" unconsciously use language which corrects their own notions. The covenant with the Jews' "fathers" is not utterly set aside by their sin, as their adversaries thought; there is still "a habitation" or refuge for them with the God of their fathers.
8. ( Jeremiah 51:6 Jeremiah 51:45 , Isaiah 48:20 , Zechariah 2:6 Zechariah 2:7 , Revelation 18:4 ). Immediately avail yourselves of the opportunity of escape.
be as . . . he-goats before . . . flocks--Let each try to be foremost in returning, animating the weak, as he-goats lead the flock; such were the companions of Ezra ( Ezra 1:5 Ezra 1:6 ).
9. from thence--that is, from the north country.
expert--literally, "prosperous." Besides "might," "expertness" is needed, that an arrow may do execution. The Margin has a different Hebrew reading; "destroying," literally, "bereaving, childless-making" ( Jeremiah 15:7 ). The Septuagint and Syriac support English Version.
In vain--without killing him at whom it was aimed ( 2 Samuel 1:22 ).
11. ( Isaiah 47:6 ).
grown fat--and so, skip wantonly.
at grass--fat and frisky. But there is a disagreement of gender in Hebrew reading thus. The Keri is better: "a heifer threshing"; the strongest were used for threshing, and as the law did not allow their mouth to be muzzled in threshing ( Deuteronomy 25:4 ), they waxed wanton with eating.
bellow as bulls--rather, "neigh as steeds," literally, "strong ones," a poetical expression for steeds [MAURER].
12. Your mother--Babylon, the metropolis of the empire.
hindermost--marvellous change, that Babylon, once the queen of the world, should be now the hindermost of nations, and at last, becoming "a desert," cease to be a nation!
13. ( Isaiah 13:20 ).
14. Summons to the Median army to attack Babylon.
against the Lord--By oppressing His people, their cause is His cause. Also by profaning His sacred vessels ( Daniel 5:2 ).
15. Shout--Inspirit one another to the onset with the battle cry.
given . . . hand--an idiom for, "submitted to" the conquerors ( 1 Chronicles 29:24 , Margin; Lamentations 5:6 ).
as she hath done, do unto her--just retribution in kind. She had destroyed many, so must she be destroyed ( Psalms 137:8 ). So as to spiritual Babylon ( Revelation 18:6 ). This is right because "it is the vengeance of the Lord"; but this will not justify private revenge in kind ( Matthew 5:44 Romans 12:19-21 ); even the Old Testament law forbade this, though breathing a sterner spirit than the New Testament ( Exodus 23:4 Exodus 23:5 , Proverbs 25:21 Proverbs 25:22 ).
16. Babylon had the extent rather of a nation than of a city. Therefore grain was grown within the city wall sufficient to last for a long siege [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2; PLINY, 18.17]. Conquerors usually spare agriculturists, but in this case all alike were to be "cut off."
for fear of . . . oppressing sword--because of the sword of the oppressor.
every one to his people--from which they had been removed to Babylon from all quarters by the Chaldean conquerors ( Jeremiah 51:9 , Isaiah 13:14 ).
17. lions--hostile kings ( Jeremiah 4:7 , 49:19 ).
Assyria--( 2 Kings 17:6 , Shalmaneser; Ezra 4:2 , Esar-haddon).
Nebuchadnezzar--( 2 Kings 24:10 2 Kings 24:14 ).
18. punish . . . king of Babylon--Nabonidus, or Labynitus.
as . . . punished . . . Assyrian--Sennacherib and other kings [GROTIUS] ( 2 Kings 19:37 ).
19. ( Isaiah 65:10 , Ezekiel 34:13 Ezekiel 34:14 ).
20. The specification of "Israel," as well as Judah, shows the reference is to times yet to come.
iniquity . . . none--not merely idolatry, which ceased among the Jews ever since the Babylonian captivity, but chiefly their rejection of Messiah. As in a cancelled debt, it shall be as if it had never been; God, for Christ's sake, shall treat them as innocent ( Jeremiah 31:34 ). Without cleansing away of sin, remission of punishment would be neither to the honor of God nor to the highest interests of the elect.
whom I reserve--the elect "remnant" ( Isaiah 1:9 ). The "residue" ( Zechariah 14:2 , Zechariah 13:8 Zechariah 13:9 ).
21. Merathaim--a symbolical name for Babylon, the doubly rebellious, namely, against God. Compare Jeremiah 50:24 , "thou hast striven against the Lord"; and Jeremiah 50:29 , "proud against the Lord." The "doubly" refers to: first, the Assyrian's oppression of Israel; next, the kindred Chaldean's oppression of Judah (compare Jeremiah 50:17-20 Jeremiah 50:33 ; especially Jeremiah 50:18 ).
Pekod--( Ezekiel 23:23 ); a chief province of Assyria, in which Nineveh, now overthrown, once lay. But, as in Merathaim, the allusion is to the meaning of Pekod, namely, "visitation"; the inhabitants whose time of deserved visitation in punishment is come; not, however, without reference to the now Babylonian province, Pekod. The visitation on Babylon was a following up of that on Assyria.
after them--even their posterity, and all that is still left of Babylon, until the very name is extinct [GROTIUS]. Devastate the city, after its inhabitants have deserted it.
all . . . I . . . commanded--by Isaiah ( Isaiah 13:1 , &c.).
23. hammer--that is, Babylon, so called because of its ponderous destructive power; just as "Martel," that is, "a little hammer," was the surname of a king of the Franks ( Isaiah 14:6 ).
24. I--Thou hast to do with God, not merely with men.
taken . . . not aware--HERODOTUS relates that one half of the city was taken before those in the other half were "aware" of it. Cyrus turned the waters of the Euphrates where it was defended into a different channel, and so entered the city by the dried-up channel at night, by the upper and lower gates ( Daniel 5:30 Daniel 5:31 ).
25. weapons of his indignation--the Medes and Persians ( Isaiah 13:5 ).
26. from the utmost border--namely, of the earth. Or, from all sides LUDOVICUS DE DIEU].
storehouses--or, "her houses filled with men and goods" [MICHAELIS]. When Cyrus took it, the provisions found there were enough to have lasted for many years.
as heaps--make of the once glorious city heaps of ruins. Vast mounds of rubbish now mark the site of ancient Babylon. "Tread her as heaps of corn which are wont to be trodden down in the threshing-floor" [GROTIUS].
27. bullocks--that is, princes and strong warriors ( Jeremiah 46:21 , Psalms 22:12 , Isaiah 34:7 ).
go down to . . . slaughter--The slaughterhouses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down"; appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.
28. declare in Zion . . . temple--Some Jews "fleeing" from Babylon at its fall shall tell in Judea how God avenged the cause of Zion and her temple that had been profaned ( Jeremiah 52:13 , Daniel 1:2 , 5:2 ).
29. archers--literally, "very many and powerful"; hence the Hebrew word is used of archers ( Job 16:13 ) from the multitude and force of their arrows.
according to all that she hath
proud against the Lord--not merely cruel towards men ( Isaiah 47:10 ).
31. most proud--literally, "pride"; that is, man of pride; the king of Babylon.
visit--punish ( Jeremiah 50:27 ).
33. Israel and . . . Judah were oppressed--He anticipates an objection, in order to answer it: Ye have been, no doubt, "oppressed," therefore ye despair of deliverance; but, remember your "Redeemer is strong," and therefore can and will deliver you.
34. strong--as opposed to the power of Israel's oppressor ( Revelation 18:8 ).
plead . . . cause--as their advocate. Image from a court of justice; appropriate as God delivers His people not by mere might, but by righteousness. His plea against Satan and all their enemies is His own everlasting love, reconciling mercy and justice in the Redeemer's work and person ( Micah 7:9 Zechariah 3:1-5 1 John 2:1 ).
give rest . . . disquiet--There is a play on the similarity of sounds in the two Hebrew verbs to express more vividly the contrast: "that He may give quiet to the land of Judah (heretofore disquieted by Babylon); but disquiet to the inhabitants of Babylon" (heretofore quietly secure) ( Isaiah 14:6-8 ).
35-37. The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon.
wise men--( Isaiah 47:13 ). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.
36. liars--Those whom he before termed "wise men," he here calls "liars" (impostors), namely, the astrologers (compare Isaiah 44:25 , Romans 1:21-25 , 1 Corinthians 1:20 ).
37. as women--divested of all manliness ( Nahum 3:13 ).
38. drought--Altering the pointing, this verse will begin as the three previous verses, "A sword." However, all the pointed manuscripts read, "A drought," as English Version. Cyrus turned off the waters of the Euphrates into a new channel and so marched through the dried-up bed into the city ( Jeremiah 51:32 ). Babylonia once was famed for its corn, which often yielded from one to two hundredfold [HERODOTUS]. This was due to its network of water-courses from the Euphrates for irrigation, traces of which [LAYARD] are seen still on all sides, but dry and barren ( Isaiah 44:27 ).
their idols--literally, "terrors." They are mad after idols that are more calculated to frighten than to attract ( Jeremiah 51:44 Jeremiah 51:47 Jeremiah 51:52 , Daniel 3:1 ). Mere bugbears with which to frighten children.
39. wild beasts of the desert--wild cats, remarkable for their howl [BOCHART].
wild beasts of the
owls--rather, "female ostriches"; they delight in solitary places. Literally, "daughters of crying." Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Revelation 18:2 .
no more inhabited for ever--The accumulation of phrases is to express the final and utter extinction of Babylon; fulfilled not immediately, but by degrees; Cyrus took away its supremacy. Darius Hystaspes deprived it, when it had rebelled, of its fortifications. Seleucus Nicanor removed its citizens and wealth to Seleucia, which he founded in the neighborhood; and the Parthians removed all that was left to Ctesiphon. Nothing but its walls was left under the Roman emperor Adrian.
40. ( Isaiah 13:19 ). Repeated from Jeremiah 49:18 .
41-43. (Compare Jeremiah 6:22-24 ). The very language used to describe the calamities which Babylon inflicted on Zion is that here employed to describe Babylon's own calamity inflicted by the Medes. Retribution in kind.
kinds--the allies and satraps of the various provinces of the Medo-Persian empire: Armenia, Hyrcania, Lydia, &c.
coasts--the remote parts.
42. cruel--the character of the Persians, and even of Cyrus, notwithstanding his wish to be thought magnanimous ( Isaiah 13:18 ).
like a man--So orderly and united is their "array," that the whole army moves to battle as one man [GROTIUS].
43. hands waxed feeble--attempted no resistance; immediately was overcome, as HERODOTUS tells us.
44-46. Repeated mainly from Jeremiah 49:19-21 . The identity of God's principle in His dealing with Edom, and in that with Babylon, is implied by the similarity of language as to both.
46. cry . . . among the nations--In Edom's case it is, "at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea." The change implies the wider extent to which the crash of Babylon's downfall shall be heard.


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The Air Quality Bureau - Construction Permit Section has updated its permit template and is taking comments on the proposed revisions. The permit template is used by the construction permit staff to have consistent standard language and formatting in construction permits.
The summary of the proposed changes include:
· Updated language and dates based on recent rule revisions.
· Added rule citations to existing language clarify reason for the requirement.
· Removed the condition titled "Disposal of Contaminants" (old Condition 7).
· Added language to Condition 8 concerning the transferring of equipment to a new owner.
· Added a new condition on permit appeal rights (new Condition 9).
· Added the pollutants PM2.5 and CO2e to the tables in Conditions 10 and 12.
· Amended the 1st table in Condition 12 to clarify the stack test requirements.
· Moved the permit modification history from the cover page to the end of the permit.
· Updated the list of "terms and acronyms."
A copy of the revised draft permit template is available for review by clicking here or by visiting our website at www.iowacleanair.gov, clicking on the Stakeholder Involvement, Public Input, and Construction and Operating Permits. A representative from the Construction Permit Section will be available at the August 22, 2013 Air Quality Client Contact Meeting to discuss the changes and accept comments. Additionally, please send any comments on the proposed permit template to Sarah Piziali at firstname.lastname@example.com by August 30, 2013.
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The desolations of the sanctuary. (1-11) Pleas for encouraging faith. (12-17) Petitions for deliverances. (18-23)
Verses 1-11 This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, much more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any whom Christ has redeemed with his own blood. Infidels and persecutors may silence faithful ministers, and shut up places of worship, and say they will destroy the people of God and their religion together. For a long time they may prosper in these attempts, and God's oppressed servants may see no prospect of deliverance; but there is a remnant of believers, the seed of a future harvest, and the despised church has survived those who once triumphed over her. When the power of enemies is most threatening, it is comfortable to flee to the power of God by earnest prayer.
Verses 12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to expect affliction, as to expect night and winter. But we have no more reason to despair of the return of comfort, than to despair of day and summer. And in the world above we shall have no more changes.
Verses 18-23 The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of such as revile his gospel and his servants will be plain to all. Let us call upon our God to enlighten the dark nations of the earth; and to rescue his people, that the poor and needy may praise his name. Blessed Saviour, thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Make thy people more than conquerors. Be thou, Lord, all in all to them in every situation and circumstances; for then thy poor and needy people will praise thy name.
Psalms 74:1-23 . If the historical allusions of Psalms 74:6-8 , &c., be referred, as is probable, to the period of the captivity, the author was probably a descendant and namesake of Asaph, David's contemporary and singer (compare 2 Chronicles 35:15 , Ezra 2:41 ). He complains of God's desertion of His Church, and appeals for aid, encouraging himself by recounting some of God's mighty deeds, and urges his prayer on the ground of God's covenant relation to His people, and the wickedness of His and their common enemy.
1. cast . . . off--with abhorrence (compare Psalms 43:2 , 44:9 ). There is no disavowal of guilt implied. The figure of fire to denote God's anger is often used; and here, and in Deuteronomy 29:20 , by the word "smoke," suggests its continuance.
sheep . . . pasture--(Compare Psalms 80:1 , 95:7 ).
2. The terms to denote God's relation to His people increase in force: "congregation"--"purchased"--"redeemed"--"Zion," His dwelling.
3. Lift . . . feet--( Genesis 29:1 )--that is, Come (to behold) the desolations ( Psalms 73:19 ).
4. roar--with bestial fury.
congregations--literally, "worshipping assemblies."
ensigns--literally, "signs"--substituted their idolatrous objects, or tokens of authority, for those articles of the temple which denoted God's presence.
5, 6. Though some terms and clauses here are very obscure, the general sense is that the spoilers destroyed the beauties of the temple with the violence of woodmen.
was famous--literally, "was known."
6. carved work--( 1 Kings 6:29 ).
thereof--that is, of the temple, in the writer's mind, though not expressed till Psalms 74:7 , in which its utter destruction by fire is mentioned ( 2 Kings 25:9 , Isaiah 64:11 ).
7. defiled--or, "profaned," as in Psalms 89:39 .
8. together--at once, all alike.
synagogues--literally, "assemblies," for places of assembly, whether such as schools of the prophets ( 2 Kings 4:23 ), or "synagogues" in the usual sense, there is much doubt.
9. signs--of God's presence, as altar, ark, &c. (compare Psalms 74:4 , 2 Chronicles 36:18 2 Chronicles 36:19 , Daniel 5:2 ).
no more any prophet--( Isaiah 3:2 , Jeremiah 40:1 , 43:6 ).
how long--this is to last. Jeremiah's prophecy ( Jeremiah 25:11 ), if published, may not have been generally known or understood. To the bulk of the people, during the captivity, the occasional and local prophetical services of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel would not make an exception to the clause, "there is no more any prophet."
10. (Compare Psalms 31:1 ).
how long . . . reproach?--us, as deserted of God.
blaspheme thy name--or, "perfections," as power, goodness, &c. ( Psalms 29:2 ).
11. Why cease to help us? (Compare Psalms 3:7 , 7:6 , 60:5 ).
12. For--literally, "And," in an adversative sense.
13-15. Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited.
divide the sea--that is, Red Sea.
brakest . . . waters--Pharaoh and his host (compare Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 51:10 , Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 29:4 ).
14. heads of leviathan--The word is a collective, and so used for many.
the people . . . wilderness--that is, wild beasts, as conies ( Proverbs 30:25 Proverbs 30:26 ), are called a people. Others take the passages literally, that the sea monsters thrown out on dry land were food for the wandering Arabs.
15. cleave the fountain--that is, the rocks of Horeb and Kadesh; for fountains.
driedst up--Jordan, and, perhaps, Arnon and Jabbok ( Numbers 21:14 ).
16, 17. The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.
18. (Compare Psalms 74:10 , Deuteronomy 32:6 ). The contrast is striking--that such a God should be thus insulted!
19. multitude--literally, "beast," their flock or company of men ( Psalms 68:10 ).
turtledove--that is, the meek and lonely Church.
congregation--literally, "the company," as above--thus the Church is represented as the spoiled and defeated remnant of an army, exposed to violence.
20. And the prevalence of injustice in heathen lands is a reason for invoking God's regard to His promise (compare Numbers 14:21 , Psalms 7:16 , 18:48 ).
21. oppressed--broken ( Psalms 9:9 ).
return--from seeking God.
ashamed--( Psalms 35:4 ).
22, 23. (Compare Psalms 3:7 , 7:6 ). God hears the wicked to their own ruin ( Genesis 4:10 , 18:20 ).


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The public is invited to listen to various speakers such as former Head Start student Attorney Linda Coleman, parents and legislators.
The purpose of the event is to provide information about the recent budget cuts that have caused over 47 children to be dropped from the county Head Start Program.
"Head Start was cut over $57,000 across the nation and the rally in regards to congress believing that the sequestration is harmless. Congress wants us to ignore it because they feel that Head Start is not needed. In our program we had 47 children that were cut," said Education ad Early Childhood Director Phanesia Johnson.
"Those families will have to either pay for childcare or quit their jobs to care for their children, which may cause children to get the proper education that they need in order to be ready for kindergarten, and could later lead to being a prison statistic. Head Start is greatly needed because it has an impact on all families," she added.
Budget cuts mandated by sequestration have eliminated Head Start services for more than 57,000 children nationwide, according to new data released by the federal government.
The automatic, across-the-board budget cuts have also resulted in pay cuts or layoffs for at least 18,000 employees of Head Start, which provides education, nutrition, and health services for children aged 5 and under.
Overall, Head Start will provide 1.3 million fewer days of service nationwide because of the cuts, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, which operates the program.
Last year, more than 956,000 children were enrolled in Head Start overall.
The data was collected from individual Head Start programs that submitted plans to the federal government explaining how they would handle the mandatory cuts. Local grant recipients who administer the program have the discretion to decide what parts of their program would bear the brunt of the cuts.
According to Executive Director of Education for Head Start Elnora Littleton, Bolivar County Head Start/Early Head Start wants to show members of Congress just how real and painful these cuts are in their own communities.
"Together we'll show our representation and the impact of the empty seats for Head Start Children who cannot attend the program this year because of sequestration cuts," said Littleton.
According to Johnson, the sequestration began last year, but it did not directly affect Bolivar County until this year.
"Our funding year starts in September so we were O.K., but other programs in Mississippi and across the nation were affect, some centers were even forced to close down early," she added.


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Springer retires after more than 35 years in the banking industry. Upon completion of his degree in Business Administration from Delta State University in 1974, he began his banking career in 1977 with the Department of Banking and Consumer Affairs.
In 1980, he joined Valley Bank in Cleveland and has been a fixture in Cleveland banking since that time, including 19 years of service with Merchants & Farmers Bank as President, prior to joining Guaranty Bank in 2005.
Over the course of his career, Springer has served on the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as well as the Board of the Industrial Development Foundation.
He has also sat on the Boards of the Delta State Alumni Foundation, Cleveland Country Club and Cleveland Noon Lion's Club. He has served as Director of the Cleveland Airport Commission and the Board of Directors of Commonwealth National Life Insurance Company.
Springer has also volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America, United Way, the American Heart Association and Ducks Unlimited. He is an active member and former Finance Committee Chairman of First Baptist Church.
"Under Doug's leadership, our Cleveland Branch has grown and prospered," Townsend said. "We appreciate his diligent efforts and management over these past several years. Doug is the first to credit his staff, which speaks to his high character. We wish him the very best in retirement, knowing he will enjoy his favorite pastimes — traveling and golf."
Townsend also announced Andy Lee, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, will assume the role of Branch President.
Lee is a 1998 graduate of Delta State University and has 15 years of banking experience. In addition to his B.B.A. in Business Administration from DSU, he has completed studies at both Vanderbilt University's Southeastern School of Commercial Lending and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.
Andy, a native of Magnolia, is actively involved in many charitable and economic development endeavors throughout the Delta.
He is a Past President of the Cleveland Noon Lion's Club and a former officer of the Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce, Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church and the Cleveland Country Club.
In addition, he has served as a volunteer for United Way, the DSU Alumni Association, Octoberfest, the Italian Festival of Cleveland and Knights of Columbus. Lee is a member of the DSU Athletic Alumni Association, the Cleveland Rotary Club and former Membership Chairman of the Mississippi Young Bankers Association. He and his wife, Presley, have three children: Mary Cambre, Landry and Baylor.
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Les Kerf
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Posted: Mon 09 Sep 2013, 14:52
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Boot Precise Puppy from USB on 2009 iMac
Subject description: Also Slacko 5.7
I have had at least partial success booting a USB thumb drive with Puppy Linux on my Wife's 2009 iMac (Snow Leopard) computer. In the past I was able to boot this machine using a live CD of Slacko 5.3.1, but I never did much with it except get on line just to see if it worked.
Since then, the optical drive on the iMac has ceased to function, and we have also discontinued our home internet service. We had used the iMac's optical drive to watch videos but are now limited to using my Acer laptop which has a much smaller screen and lower quality audio.
Since I knew how to boot my Acer laptop with a thumb drive, I decided to try booting the iMac in that manner, and then be able to play .vob file videos. While at the public library I researched booting an iMac with a thumb drive and thus tried many different methods that did not work. I finally stumbled onto what appears to be the answer, at least for our iMac.
Note: I performed all of the USB thumb drive prep work on my Acer laptop using Lucid Puppy 5.2.8-005
#1. Download refind-flashdrive-0.7.3.zip. Extract its files to /root. Read the text file README-flashdrive.txt. One of the files will be the disk image
#2. Copy the above disk image to a USB thumb drive using dd
dd if=refind-flashdrive-0.7.3.img of=/dev/sdx
Note: The thumb drive will now contain a directory named EFI and also two files called shellia32.efi and shelliax64.efi, respectively. The EFI directory contains a boot directory which has six more files, etc. A large portion of the thumb drive will now show as "unallocated" on gparted.
#3. Using a different USB thumb drive, create a thumb drive that will be bootable on a typical PC based computer. There are many ways to do this; I performed a manual frugal install by copying the initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and puppy_precise_5.6.sfs files to the root of the thumb drive, then ran the Grub4Dos bootloader, placing Grub4Dos on the MBR of the thumb drive.
Note: I used an ext2 format with the boot flag set.
#4. Thus far, Precise Puppy is the only Puppy that I have been able to boot on the iMac. I tried Slacko 5.3.1 and Lucid 5.2.8. I was also able to boot Mint 14.1, but this article is about Puppy.
#5. With the two thumb drives in hand and the iMac shut down, plug them both into the USB ports on the iMac. Press the start button, and as soon as the iMac "chime" sounds, press and hold the alt/option key. After about 30 seconds at least two icons should appear, one denoting the iMac hard drive, and another gold-colored icon indicating a USB drive. (If you have multiple bootable partitions you may have more icons). Click on the USB icon, then click again on the arrow.
The rEFInd boot splash screen should appear presently. If you do nothing it will boot the iMac hard drive after a short countdown. Arrow over to the icon labeled "Boot legacy OS from hard drive". The Grub4Dos boot screen will appear; if you do nothing the top entry will boot after a short countdown. Precise Puppy boots up pretty quickly from the thumb drive on our machine.
#6. The iMac wireless keyboard does not work with Precise Puppy. I do not have a functional USB keyboard at this time so I cannot do a complete test now. The USB mouse works fine.
#7. I had originally configured Precise Puppy to not auto-save, and when I made adjustments to the retroval sound settings they would not persist even when I pressed the manual Save button. I re-set it back to the standard auto-save method and now the adjustments persist.
#8. As mentioned above, we do not have internet access at home, so no tests were done in that regard. Vob file videos play perfectly (this was my original objective).
#9. I did try partitioning one thumb drive into two partitions, the first one to boot the rEFInd program, Precise Puppy on the second partition, and then attempted to place Grub4Dos on the partition boot sector of the second partition. The rEFInd partition booted perfectly, but when I selected the Legacy OS boot it failed. I am certain that there should be a way to do this with only one thumb drive, but I am not knowledgeable enough to make it work.
#10. My thanks to the developers of rEFInd, Puppy Linux, etc. I take no credit for their efforts, and I hope that this tutorial will help someone.
Final note:
As mentioned above, I only get on the internet when I get to town, and sometimes that can be several weeks apart, so please be patient if I do not respond on this thread for a while.
Les Kerf
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Posted: Fri 20 Sep 2013, 17:27
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Two brief random and separate thoughts:
1) An external single cord USB powered DVD drive connected to an iMac can boot from a live-CD.
2) I run puppy on a '08 Macbook. My steps are different.
- Install rEFInd onto Macbook
- rEFInd automatically loads and detects Live-USB puppy. Just select with arrow key, and press enter.
- Most standard bootable Live-USB will work. Only issue is hardware compatibility. My Live-USB stick (precise) runs and boots on either a PC or a Mac w/ rEFInd.
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Les Kerf
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Posted: Thu 03 Oct 2013, 14:41
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After thrashing around trying various things I have stumbled upon a way to accomplish booting Puppy Linux on our 2009 iMac (Snow Leopard) using a single USB thumb drive rather than the previously mentioned dual-thumb drive method. I successfully performed this experiment using two different thumb drives, an 8 GB Sandisk Cruzer and a 4 GB Sony. I did this operation at least twice on each thumb drive just to verify my results.
I performed all of this using Lucid Puppy 5.2.8.005 PlusLibre on my Acer Aspire laptop; I had already obtained the Precise Puppy ISO and refind-flashdrive-0.7.3.img.
1. Use gparted (Menu>System>Gparted) to delete any (all) partitions on the thumb drive. CAUTION! All data on the thumb drive will be lost!
2. Create a new primary partition, FAT 16 format, and only 16 MB (yes, MegaBytes). I tried specifying 5 MB but Gparted informs me that 16 MB is the smallest partition that can be made.
3. Make absolutely certain that the space preceding the new partition is 0 (zero) MB. For some reason, gparted wants to place 1 (one) MB ahead of this partition. You MUST set this value to zero just prior to clicking "Add". I tried this both ways several times and it will not work unless there is zero MB ahead of the first partition. I do not know why, but that is what works for me.
4. Create a second primary partition: use all of the remaining space on the thumb drive. I used an Ext2 format.
5. Apply all operations.
6. Set boot flag on the Ext2 partition.
7. Mount the Precise Puppy ISO (you need to have already obtained this). I had the ISO stored in /root.
8. Copy the three core Puppy files, initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and 5.6.sfs files to the Ext2 partition.
9. Run Grub4Dos (Menu>System>Grub4Dos) and install Grub4Dos on the Partition Boot Sector (PBS) of the Ext2 partition.
10. Run Grub4Dos again, this time install Grub4Dos on the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the thumb drive.
11. Open a command line console; copy the image file "refind-flashdrive-0.7.3.img" to the first (FAT16) partition using the dd command. I had the .img file stored in /root for this operation.
Code: dd if=refind -flashdrive-0.7.3.img of=/dev/sdx1
(with "x" replaced by the partition letter, in my case it was "b") Press "enter", of course.
12. If all went well, your thumb drive should now boot on the iMac. When the iMac chime sounds, hold down the alt/option key and the rEFInd boot screen should appear. Arrow over to the "Boot Legacy OS on HDD" option and press "Enter". Puppy should boot up, showing the Grub4Dos screen first.
This thumb drive also boots Precise Puppy normally on my Acer Aspire laptop.
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Les Kerf
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Posted: Sat 18 Jan 2014, 23:06
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I recently acquired a usb keyboard, and today we purchased a mobile hotspot with which we can now access the internet from home.
I am pleased to report that I am typing this on our iMac booted to the USB thumb drive with Precise Puppy. The usb keyboard seems to function well and this is the very first forum I have visited since booting up just a few minutes ago.
So, it seems that Puppy Linux can indeed be booted on an iMac and access the internet.
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Posted: Mon 10 Mar 2014, 21:52
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Subject description: Slacko 5.7
I just today acquired the iso for Slacko 5.7 and installed it to a thumb drive as posted above. It boots perfectly on the iMac, and I am posting this from the iMac on Slacko 5.7
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Posted: Sun 04 Jan 2015, 21:43
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Super Lucid Puppy with the newer kernel also works on the iMac. Posting from it right now using Dillo web browser.
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Hi there,
Do you think that the game format (100 points) will increase after Falcon and Slaver appear ? After all the basic cost of Slaver is about 35 points plus upgrades (which can easily by 50 points). What do you think?
On the top of that, what do you think may be the maximum point limit for tournament play? I mean, some of us probably have seen the final game from GenCon 2012 (100 pts.) and its length was about 90 minutes. What do you think is reasonable point limit before games become too long?


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Everyone knows the holidays bring with them a special kind of stress. Shopping for last-minute presents. Making travel plans to visit loved ones. Spending long hours at the office in order to take a few extra days off. Even though you're busy thinking about others, it's so important that you care for yourself. Remember what flight attendants always tell you before an airline flight: "Be sure to put on your own mask first before assisting other passengers."
Well, in this case, the 'mask' that might save your sanity is a stress-relieving massage.
Many people think of massages as merely luxuries, or indulgences someone gives you as a gift. But really, massages are great ways to relieve the crazy amounts of stress we face during the winter holiday season. I love talking to Madi Camilo, Massage Department manager here at the Tiffani Kim Institute, because she always reminds me–and the rest of us at TKI – just why massages during this time of year are so wonderful.
"The cold just brings out a whole lot more drama," Madi says, "and we're here to help deal with that stress. One thing we really focus on are customized massages." If you don't have a full 60 minutes or more, Madi and her team will do 'target massages' for 30 minutes ($50), which allow therapists to focus on whatever body part troubles you most. "I love that 'on-the-go, I'm-trying-to-relieve-stress' massage," she says.
If it's true overall tension relief you're after, Madi recommends the 'Serenity Stone' massage where smooth stones are warmed to 135 degrees and used as tools in a Swedish-style massage. The 'Therapeutic Stone' version is more intense for a more rehabilitative effect. A"Deep Tissue Massage" is great for anyone who deals with chronic tension (sounds like MOST of us!), while the "Aromatherapy" version adds essential oils to the mix for therapeutic benefit.
No matter what your issue, a good therapist will ask questions first and then suggest a massage treatment that's good for what ails you.
And while massages certainly feel great,many also bring with them real health benefits. Among them, says Madi: "Improved circulation. We're actually stimulating the (body's) nerve receptors to wake up. We're promoting all-over clarity. Massage also stimulates the lymph nodes and helps drain extra fluid from the limbs."
With benefits like these, it's a wonder more of us don't take advantage of these stress relievers more often. I, for one, plan to do it much more often during the holidays and into the New Year.


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