Zechariah 11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. "For the last ten years I (Gambetta) have made a pledge with myself to entirely avoid introducing the name of God into any speech of mine. You can hardly believe how difficult it has been, but I have succeeded, thank God!" (Dieu merci!) Thus the name so sternly tabooed rose unconsciously to his lips at the very moment when he was congratulating himself on having overcome the habit of using it. (E. D. Pressense.) Parallel Verses KJV: Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. |
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