Isaiah 62:8
Douay-Rheims
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.
George Leo Haydock
Hand; inviolably, Deuteronomy xxxii. 40. The Persians deemed this oath most sacred. (Calmet) — Darius, just expiring, said to Polycrates, “By thee I give this right hand to Alexander,” (Plut.[Plutarch?]) that he may revenge my death. — Wine. The Church cannot be deprived of her faith or of her God.
Source details
1849 · Isaias 62:8
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.