1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Wisdom 12:8 | Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little. | Wasps. These were the auxiliaries of the Hebrews, Deuteronomy 7:20. St. James saved Nisibis from the Persian army, by praying for gnats to descend. (Theod.[Theodoret?] Philot. i.) --- The inhabitants of Belgrade incensed bees, by fire and smoke, to attack the troops of Amurath. (Bonf. 4:dec. 3.) |