Wisdom 12:5
And those merciless murderers of their own children, and eaters of men's bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy consecration,
Challoner: From the midst of thy consecrationLiterally, sacrament. That is, the land sacred to thee, in which thy temple was to be established, and man's redemption to be wrought.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et filiorum suorum necatores sine misericordia, et comestores viscerum hominum, et devoratores sanguinis a medio sacramento tuo,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τέκνων τε φονέας ἀνελεήμονας, καὶ σπλαγχνοφάγων ἀνθρωπίνων σαρκῶν θοῖναν καὶ αἵματος, ἐκ μέσου μύστας θιάσου,
Haydock's commentary
Consecration. Literally, sacrament, or land. That is, the land sacred to thee, in which thy temple was to be established, and man's redemption to be wrought. (Challoner)
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 John Damascene An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Concerning the place of God: and that the Deity alone is uncircumscribed
That God Who is invisible by nature is made visible by His energies, we perceive from the organisation and government of the world.