George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 2:17

“And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in the days of the harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he caused all the trees and vineyards to be cut down.”

“Harvest. The rapidity of his conquests was astonishing, as all this had been done in six or seven weeks, ver. 1. But Holofernes probably sent his lieutenants into different parts at the same time. (Calmet) — Caused. Greek, “he burnt all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, and plundered their cities, and put to the sword all their young men.””

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.