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Now turn we to Judas Machabaeus and his company. Secretly they made entry into the villages, whence they summoned both kinsman and friend of theirs; ay, and rallied many more, that were yet true to the Jewish faith, till they had mustered an army of six thousand men. (2 Maccabees 8, 1)
they lay prostrate at the altar’s foot, entreating the Lord he would espouse their quarrel, and their foes should be his; the law had promised it. (2 Maccabees 10, 26)
And when this great company set about to force an entry into his dwelling, breaking down the door and calling out for firebrands, cut off from all escape, what did Razias? He thrust a sword into his own body, (2 Maccabees 14, 41)
Good news from a far land, refreshing as cold water to parched lips. (Proverbs 25, 25)
Short reigns and many, where a land is plagued for its guilt; by wise counsel, and men’s talk overheard, long lives the king. (Proverbs 28, 2)
None so honoured at the city gate as that husband of hers, when he sits in council with the elders of the land. (Proverbs 31, 23)
Ay, let a man have a hundred children to his name, years let him have a many, and be near his end; yet, if he is not to enjoy the revenues of his land still, and lay his bones in it,✻ I say it were better for him never to have come to the birth. (Ecclesiastes 6, 3)
Woe to the land that has young blood on the throne, whose court sits feasting till daybreak! (Ecclesiastes 10, 16)
And happy the land whose king is of true princely breed, whose courtiers feast when feast should be, to comfort their hearts, not all in revelry. (Ecclesiastes 10, 17)
they themselves, doomed to lie there dishonoured among the dead, eternally a laughing-stock! How they will stand aghast, when he pricks the bubble of their pride!✻ Ruins they shall be, overthrown from the foundation, land for ever parched dry; bitter torment shall be theirs, and their name shall perish irrecoverably. (Wisdom of Solomon 4, 19)
So it was with the former inhabitants of this thy holy land. Good reason thou hadst to be their enemy; (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 3)
and this land, dear to thee as no other, should be more worthily peopled by the sons of God. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 7)
