OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 10:8

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Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money.

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Verse 8. Deceits. Hence kingdoms are changed. Worthington.—The ambition and luxury of subjects (Cato) and the negligence of the rulers, bring on confusion. Saint Augustine de Civ. Dei. verse 13.

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