Verse 20
20. In that day The day of his specific coming herein detailed, in which his coming was a process culminating in the breaking up of the nation.
To the moles The precise animal here meant, in genus and species, is not known. Its home was in the ground, with holes to the surface.
Bats “Bats” are numerous in Palestine. They chiefly inhabit caves and the recesses of ruins, where they may be found hanging from the roofs of the habitations. Layard says, that on the occasion of a visit to a cavern, these noisome creatures compelled him to retreat. Their bodies are covered with a pale fur. Moles and bats are virtually blind, and dwell in dark places places just despicable enough to cast therein these miserable nothings called gods. The more costly the idols, the more significant is the hurling away of them in the fright and alarm of their former worshippers.
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