Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Shall. Septuagint, "will stand in battle array among "(parataxetai en) though he will one day punish the victorious Romans. (Haydock)
Now he fought with them as Hebrew may signify. (Calmet)
Various prodigies made this clear: (Josephus, Jewish Wars vii. 12, 16.) so that Titus would not receive the crown which was presented to him, as he looked upon himself only as the instrument employed by divine justice. (Phi lost. vi. 14.)
This sense is given by St. Cyril (Calmet)
In the days of Epiphanes, God defeated his projects. (Haydock)
