Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Axe. The Assyrian has no right to boast. What can man do without God's assistance? (Calmet) Gratiæ tuæ deputo et quæcumque non feci mala. (St. Augustine, Confessions ii. 7.) Sennacherib persecuted the Jews of his own free will, though he was God's instrument. (Worthington)

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