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and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”
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Verse 13. Die. Thus the pagans encouraged themselves to feast. Calmet.—Ergo vivamus dum licet esse benè. Petron.—This conduct betrayed an entire want of faith. Calmet.—“Nothing offends God so much … as contempt proceeding from despair.” Saint Jerome
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