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Wisdom 5:17-20
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 5:17-20
New Catholic Bible
17 He will take zeal as his armor
and arm all creation to repulse his foes.[a]
18 He will put on justice as a breastplate,
and wear an infallible judgment as a helmet.
19 He will take invincible holiness as a shield
20 and sharpen unrelenting wrath for a sword,[b]
and the whole world will unite with him to fight against the reckless.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 5:17 God’s offensive and defensive weapons are a classic theme in the imagery of the judgment (see Ps 17:14-15; Isa 59:17). Paul applies them to the Christian’s battle against the devil (Eph 6:13-17).
- Wisdom 5:20 Sword [of God]: see Isa 49:2; Ezek 21:8-10; Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16; 19:15.
