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1 his affliction, with judgments of wickedness. And horrors of evil diseases 2 they inflicted on him, and acts of vengeance on the body of his flesh. And as for what 3 it says, “Because you plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples 4 will plunder you,” its interpretation concerns the last priests of Jerusalem,⁠a 5 who gather wealth and gain from the plunder of the peoples. 6 But in the last days their wealth with their plunder will be given into the hand of 7 the army of the Kittim, for they are “the rest of the peoples.” 8 “Because of human blood and violence to the land, the city, and all who dwell in it.” 9 Its interpretation concerns the Wicked Priest, whom, for the wrong done to the Teacher of 10 Righteousness and the men of his counsel, God gave into the hand of his enemies, to humble him 11 with a plague to destruction, in bitterness of soul, because he had acted wickedly 12 against his chosen one. “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set 13 his nest on high, to be delivered from the grasp of harm! You have planned shame 14 for your house, cutting off many peoples, and sinning against your own soul. For 15 a stone will cry out from the wall, and a beam from the woodwork will answer it.” 16 [The interpretation of the matter] concerns the [priest] who … […] … 17 […]