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Wisdom 3:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 3:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 He put them to the proof like gold in a furnace,
and he accepted them as a sacrificial burnt offering.[a]
7 In the time of their visitation[b] they will shine brightly
and spread like sparks among the stubble.
8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples,
and the Lord will be their King forever.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 3:6 Sacrificial burnt offering: the allusion is to the sacrifice in which the victim was offered to God and completely consumed by fire to show total dedication to him (Lev 1:1ff).
- Wisdom 3:7 Visitation: a biblical term for an intervention of God (see Isa 10:3) that is used here to designate God’s judgment of the righteous (probably immediately after death). In Wis 14:11, it is used to designate the judgment of the wicked. See also verse 13.
