They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for lack of the fruits of the field.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

For. Literally, "by the barrenness of the earth. "(Haydock) Such a death was, no doubt, more painful than to perish quickly by the sword. (Calmet)

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