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desolation_n shall_v continue_v without_o any_o change_n the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v full_o verify_v in_o she_o 11._o she_o jerem._n 19_o 11._o i_o will_v break_v this_o city_n as_o a_o man_n break_v a_o potter_n vessel_n that_o can_v be_v make_v whole_a again_o 12._o again_o mich_n 3_o 12._o zion_n shall_v be_v plough_v as_o a_o field_n and_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v a_o heap_n and_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o high_a place_n of_o the_o forest_n save_o only_o for_o three_o turret_n and_o a_o part_n of_o the_o wall_n on_o the_o west_n side_n leave_v to_o show_v what_o a_o city_n the_o roman_n have_v overcome_v it_o be_v so_o destroy_v 2d_o destroy_v joseph_n le_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaiâ—_n cap._n 18._o &_o 2d_o to_o the_o very_a foundation_n as_o josephus_n record_v and_o lay_v so_o flat_a as_o that_o man_n will_v hardly_o have_v think_v that_o there_o have_v be_v any_o habitation_n there_o etc._n there_o arias_n montan_n in_o mich._n cap._n 3._o ille_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la hierosolyma_n dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aelâ—o_fw-la adriano_n athae_fw-la nominâ—_n constructâ—_n â—â—que_fw-la antiquam_fw-la faciem_fw-la ne_fw-la quâ—_n situm_fw-la etiam_fw-la retinet_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o obscura_fw-la quaedam_fw-la illâ—â—_n quae_fw-la extant_a vestigia_fw-la &_o de_fw-la scriptio_fw-la ipsa_fw-la manifestè_fw-la arguunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n only_o aelius_n adrianus_n the_o emperor_n build_v near_o unto_o it_o another_o city_n which_o of_o his_o own_o name_n he_o call_v aelia_n which_o since_o have_v go_v with_o christian_n under_o the_o name_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o have_v indeed_o neither_o the_o fashion_n nor_o situation_n of_o jerusalem_n as_o arias_n montanus_n note_v for_o the_o justify_n of_o that_o prophecy_n and_o therefore_o be_v but_o wrong_o and_o corrupt_o call_v by_o that_o name_n therefore_o there_o neither_o be_v nor_o shall_v be_v any_o jerusalem_n for_o antichrist_n to_o reign_v in_o nor_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n 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