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- BC700c.1 + (<p><span style="text-decoration: … <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Isaiah 22:18.</span></p></br><p>"Played Baseball in Bible Times: The Prophet Isaiah Made the only reference to the Pastime to be Found in the Holy Writ." (The <em>Hamilton [Ont] Spectator</em> - from an unidentified clipping in the Origins file at the Giamatti Center in Cooperstown.)</p></br><p>A compilation of 15 English translations [accessed at <a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/22-18.htm%20on%2012/29/10">http://bible.cc/isaiah/22-18.htm on 12/29/10</a>] shows that most of them summon the image of an angry God hurling the miscreant, like a ball, far far away. (One exception, however, cites the winding of a turban, not a ball.) A literal translation is unrevealing: "And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides—there thou diest."</p></br><p> </p>und, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides—there thou diest."</p> <p> </p>)