They were more ruddy, &c.— They were brighter in body than pearls, &c. See Bochart, lib. 2: cap. 6.
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Lamentations 4:7
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: