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Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
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Verse 15. Axe. The Assyrian has no right to boast. What can man do without God’s assistance? Calmet.—Gratiæ tuæ deputo et quæcumque non feci mala. Saint Augustine Conf. ii. 7.—Sennacherib persecuted the Jews of his own free will, though he was God’s instrument. Worthington.
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