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24 For the entire world was depicted on his full-length robe,[a]
    and the glorious names of our ancestors were carved on the four rows of stones,
    and your majesty was seen on the diadem upon his head.
25 To these the destroyer yielded, for these he feared;
    a mere sampling of wrath was sufficient.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 18:24 Robe: according to a tradition, symbols of the whole world adorned the vestment of the high priest.