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The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication

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Section 23

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23. Now I have much grief,

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my

children

,

because

of

your

lewdness

,

and

witchcrafts

,

and

idolatries

,

which

ye

will

work

against

the

kingdom

,

following

them

that

have

familiar

spirits

;

ye

will

make

your

daughters

singing

girls

and

harlots

for

divinations

and

demons

of

error

,

and

ye

will

be

mingled

in

the

pollutions

of

the

Gentiles

:

for

which

things

’

sake

the

Lord

shall

bring

upon

you

famine

and

pestilence

,

death

and

the

sword

,

avenging

siege

,

and

dogs

for

the

rending

in

pieces

of

enemies

,

and

revilings

of

friends

,

destruction

and

blighting

of

eyes

,

children

slaughtered

,

wives

carried

off

,

possessions

plundered

,

temple

of

God

in

flames

,

your

land

desolated

,

your

own

selves

enslaved

among

the

Gentiles

,

and

they

shall

make

some

of

you

eunuchs

for

their

wives

;

and

whenever

ye

will

return

to

the

Lord

with

humility

of

heart

,

repenting

and

walking

in

all

the

commandments

of

God

,

then

will

the

Lord

visit

you

in

mercy

and

in

love

,

bringing

you

from

out

of

the

bondage

of

your

enemies

.

Notes

24
The reading of Cd. Oxon. is doubtless to be preferred, which joins κλῄδοσι και δαίμοσι πλάνης to what precedes
25
[Eccles. ii. 8; Ecclus. ix. 4.]