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Wisdom 18:14-18
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 18:14-18
New Catholic Bible
14 [a]For when profound silence encompassed all things
and the night was at midpoint in its swift course,
15 your all-powerful Word leapt from your royal throne in heaven
like a relentless warrior into the midst of a land doomed to destruction.
16 Carrying the sharp sword of your inexorable decree,
and touching the heavens while standing on earth,
he filled the universe with death.
17 Immediately the godless were terrified by apparitions in terrible dreams,
and unexpected fears attacked them.
18 Cast down to the ground half-dead, some here, others there,
they revealed clearly why they were dying.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 18:14 God intervenes by his word in the middle of the night. A Jewish tradition assigned to the night of the Passover the great events of the history of the chosen people: Creation, appearance of Abraham, the Exodus, and the coming of the Messiah. The Liturgy has applied this text in the accommodated sense to the birth of Jesus (“Word” of God) that took place precisely by night.
Concerning the Word, a double-edged sword that executes God’s judgments, see Isa 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16; 2:12.
