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Wisdom 14:13

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For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever.

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Verse 13. Beginning. Truth is always prior to falsehood. Bible.—Josephus (Ant. i. 4.) says, idolatry commenced in the 8th generation, and the Jews assert, under Enos. “Then began the name of God to be profaned,” as the Chal. and so forth translate, Genesis 4:26. Saint Jerome q. Heb.—The corruption of morals was the natural consequence. verse 12.—Ever. Christ shall destroy them. Calmet.

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