But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et maintenant l'Eternel parle, et dit: Dans trois ans, comme les années d'un mercenaire, La gloire de Moab sera l'objet du mépris, Avec toute cette grande multitude; Et ce qui restera sera peu de chose, presque rien.
KJV
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
never reprehensible to avoid sin. Therefore dissimulation is not a sin. On the contrary, A gloss on Is. 16:14, "In three years," etc., says: "Of the two evils it is less to sin openly than to simulate holiness." But to sin openly is always a sin. Therefore dissimulation is always…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
always a mortal sin? Objection 1: It seems that hypocrisy is always a mortal sin. For Jerome says on Is. 16:14 : "Of the two evils it is less to sin openly than to simulate holiness": and a gloss on Job 1:21 [*St. Augustine on Ps. 63:7 ], "As it hath pleased the Lord," etc., says…
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