OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 26:36

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36

“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.

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Verse 36. Fear. Septuagint “timidity, or slavishness.” Hebrew morec, “softness and inactivity.” Calmet.—Their haughty temper shall be broken; and though they have dared to rebel against their God, the fall of a leaf shall now terrify them. Bible.

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