famish. cause to waste away.
the isles of the heathen. the coast-lands of the nations. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:5). App-92. The phrase occurs nowhere else.
isles. coast-lands.
heathen. nations.
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Zephaniah 2:11
11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famishb all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.