- and there was a great cry:
- No people were more remarkable and frantic in their mournings than the Egyptians. When a relative died, every one left the house, and the women, with their hair loose, and their bosoms bare, ran wild about the street. The men also, with their apparel equally disordered, kept them company; all shrieking, howling, and beating themselves. What a scene of horror and distress must now have presented itself, when there was not a family in Egypt where there was not one dead! "And there shall beª° a greatª cryª throughout all¹ the landª of Egypt,ª such as¹ there was¹ noneª like it,¹ norª shall be like it¹ any more.ª°" {Exd 11:6} + "Whoso stoppethª° his earsª at the cryª¹ of the poor,ª he also¹ shall cryª° himself,¹ but shall not¹ be heard.ª°" {Prv 21:13} + "And in all¹ vineyardsª [shall be] wailing:ª for¹ I will passª° throughª thee, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Ams 5:17} + "Andª at midnightªª there was a cryª made,ª° Behold,ª° the¹ bridegroomª cometh;ª° go ye outª° to² meetª¹ him.ª" {Mtt 25:6} + "Forª he shall have judgmentª without mercy,ª that hath shewedª° noª mercy;ª andª mercyª rejoiceth againstª° judgment.ª" {Jms 2:13}
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