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The people must rouse from the lap of Delilah and prepare to meet the Philistines....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The people must rouse from the lap of Delilah and prepare to meet the Philistines....”
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Beveridge uses a metaphor to emphasize the need for the people to awaken and confront challenges.
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