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George Leo Haydock, on Judg 8:7
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Judg 8:7 · Douay-Rheims
“And he said to them: When the Lord therefore shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert.”
On this verse:
“Desert. An usual mode of punishment, (2 Kings xii., and 1 Paralipomenon xx. 3.; Calmet) which the cruel irrision of Gedeon and his army, who were fighting in the cause of God and of the nation, richly called for.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.