THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims

Notes on First Book of Esdras (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))

9:8 A pin: or nail, here signifies a small settlement or holding; which Esdras begs for, to preserve even a part of the people, who, by their great iniquity had incurred the anger of God.

Original Douay-Rheims from Project Gutenberg - Massive cleanup of OCR problems and editing done locally.