The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your wine, for which you have labored:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
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.) that he may revenge my death.
Wine. The Church cannot be deprived of her faith or of her God.