And. And it shall come to pass that in that day, &c.
a burdensome stone. A stone difficult to lift or to move; not. stone to throw. Occurs only here. burden, &c. i.e. seek to lift it.
cut in pieces. lacerated. Assyria, Persia, Rome, Greece, Egypt of old, and in later days Spain, Portugal. and Russia have been so lacerated on account of their treatment of the Jews.