But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Folly. Hebrew, "without knowledge. "He speaks of princes, (Calmet) and of all the wicked, who have not known the day of their visitation. (Haydock)
They shall suffer the punishment prepared for fools or wicked men. (Menochius)
“If they hear and observe him, they shall fulfill their days in good and their years in glory; but if they do not hear, they shall pass away by the sword and shall be consumed with folly.” By “good” is designated right conduct, but by “glory” heavenly recompense. They, then, who study to obey the divine commands fulfill their days in good and their years in glory. Because they pass the course of this life in right deeds, they perfect their consummation by a blessed retribution. “But if they do not hear, they shall pass away by the sword and shall be consumed with folly.” Vengeance smites them in tribulation, and the end shuts them up in folly. For there are some whom not even torments keep back from their loose habits. Of them it is said by the prophet, “You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have scourged them, and they have refused to receive correction.” And of them it is said under the figure of Babylon, “We have cured Babylon, and she is not healed.” Of them it is ...
