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Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerard van Honthorst

Micah 1:8

Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622 · Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

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Micah 1:8 (WEB)

For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.

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  • “Thus we hear in Job of Amalthea’s horn, and in Esaias of the Sirens, the former thus naming plenty after the conceit of the Greeks, the latter representing the pleasure derived from hearing, by the figure of the Sirens.” — editor's note: Isaiah xiii. 21. καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐκεῖ σειρῆνες, καὶ δαιμόνια ἐκεῖ ὀρχήσονται, “and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there” (R.V.). The LXX.…

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