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woman, sitting in the ephah.* By whom the lid was lifted the prophet does not take the trouble to inform the reader. It can hardly have raised itself (Brd.), but was probably lifted by the interpreter, since, according to v. 8, it was he who put it back into its place. 8. This woman, the interpreter now explains, is Wickedness. The term is unmodified, except by the article, as required by Hebrew usage. This is probably the reason the author of the gloss in v. 7 felt moved to explain it. His explanation,
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