Psalms 82:5
They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixerunt : Venite, et disperdamus eos de gente, et non memoretur nomen Israël ultra.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἶπαν Δεῦτε καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσωμεν αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἔθνους, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῇ τὸ ὄνομα Ἰσραὴλ ἔτι·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 83:5
- אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד
Haydock's commentary
Nation. That there may be no more of this religion, or Catholics. (Worthington)
Israel delighted most in being styled the chosen nation of God. (Berthier)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXIII
4. “They have said, Come, and let us destroy them from a nation” ( ver. 4 ). He has put the singular number for the plural: as it is said, “Whose is this cattle,” even though the question be of a flock, and the meaning “these cattle.” Lastly, other copies have “from nations,” where the translators have rather followed the sense than the word. “Come, and let us destroy them from a nation.” This is that sound whereby they “sounded” rather than spake, since they did vainly make a noise with vain sayings. “And let it not be mentioned of the name of Israel any more.” This others have expressed more plainly, “and let there not be remembrance of the name of Israel any more.” Since, “let it be mentioned of the name” ( memoretur nominis ), is an unusual phrase in the Latin language; for it is rather customary to say, “let the name be mentioned” ( memoretur nomen ); but the sense is the same. …