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Sirach
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Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. He was made great according to his name for the saving of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance. How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities! Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him. Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two? He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him. With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One. Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy— he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh— in that they withstood the adversary, hindered the people from sin, and stilled their wicked complaining. And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey. The Lord gave strength to Caleb, and it remained with him to his old age, so that he entered the hill country, and his offspring obtained it for an inheritance, that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord. Also the judges, every one by his name, all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality, and who didn’t turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed! May their bones flourish again out of their place. May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children. Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people. By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob. By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet. By his words he was known to be faithful in vision. When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb. Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound. He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines. Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him. Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)18 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Sirach 46:1
Ver. 1. Jesus, the son of Nave. So Josue is named in the Greek Bibles. For Josue and Jesus signify the same thing, viz. a Saviour; (Ch.) and Nave is the Greek pronunciation of Nun; (H.) or this is an old fault of transcribers. C. ---
Among. Gr. "in the prophecies." H. --- He was endued with the prophetic spirit, and was raised up by God as a noble figure of the great prophet. Deut.
xviii. 15. C. --- He succeeded Moses in the temporal power; the spiritual belonged to the sons of Aaron. Num. xxvii. W.
↑ 1Sirach 46:2
Ver. 2. Israel. He led the people into Chanaan, and divided it among them.
↑ 2Sirach 46:3
Ver. 3. Hands. To pray, (Vat.) or fight, (Boss.) or to give a signal. Jos. viii. 26. A.
Lap. ---
Stretched. Literally, threw (H.) darts, romphœas.
↑ 3Sirach 46:4
Ver. 4. The. Gr. "he conducted the wars of the Lord." C. --- Other edit. agree with us.
↑ 4Sirach 46:5
Ver. 5. In. Gr. "by his hand," (H.) and order, so that the day-light continued 24
hours.
↑ 5Sirach 46:7
Ver. 7. Adversaries. The hail destroyed more than the sword. Jos. x. 11.
↑ 7Sirach 46:8
Ver. 8. Power. Gr. "complete armour for his warfare was before the Lord, since he," &c. They found it was impossible to resist such weapons. H. --- One.
"Follow God," was a maxim of the ancient sages, which they even attributed to Apollo. Josue and Caleb did so in opposition to the rebels. Num. xiv. 24. C. ---
The rest all perished, (W.) if we except those who were not 20 years old, or who did not join in the murmurs of the seditious. H.
↑ 8Sirach 46:9
Ver. 9. Mercy, and piety, (C.) endeavouring to prevent the murmurs of the people, which would draw upon them destruction, as the event shewed. H.
↑ 9Sirach 46:11
Ver. 11. Land. Hebron, when he was 85 years old. Jos. xiv. 6. H.
↑ 11Sirach 46:13
Ver. 13. Lord. Abimelec must be excepted, (C.) as he was only an usurper. H. ---
The Judges were all saved, though some have been great sinners. W.
↑ 13Sirach 46:14
Ver. 14. Place. At the resurrection, which the Jews firmly believed. Ezec. xxvii.
3.
↑ 14Sirach 46:16
Ver. 16. People. Though he disapproved of their resolution. 1 K. viii. 6. Os. xiii.
11.
↑ 16Sirach 46:17
Ver. 17. And the. Sixt. V. &c. read, "and he beheld the God." 1 K. iii. 7. C. ---
Vulg. may signify also, "God beheld Jacob," (Gr.) with a favourable eye, and enabled Samuel to restore their fallen state, and to recover the ark. H.
↑ 17Sirach 46:18
Ver. 18. Because. Gr. has not faithful, or what follows. C. --- Yet Grabe's copy retains pistos oraseos, "faithful in seeing" into futurity; so that his predictions were always verified, and he acquired the confidence of all. 1 K. iii. 20.
Prophets were former styled seers: yet they could not behold God, as he inhabits light inaccessible. 1 Tim. vi. 16. H. --- Light. S. James (i. 17.) seems to allude to this passage. M.
↑ 18Sirach 46:19
Ver. 19. Without. Gr. "fed with milk." 1 K. vii. 6. The Philistines were discomfited, and continued peaceable during the rest of Samuel's government.
↑ 19Sirach 46:21
Ver. 21. Tyrians, who were auxiliaries, or in league with the Philistines. C.
↑ 21Sirach 46:22
Ver. 22. Shoe. So Abraham declared he would not receive the latchet of a shoe from the king of Sodom. Gen. xiv. 23. --- Him. All confessed his integrity, before he delivered up the sovereign power to Saul. 1 K. xii.
↑ 22Sirach 46:23
Ver. 23. Nation. Foretelling that Israel should be defeated. Some doubt whether the soul of Samuel appeared; but it seems clear from this passage, (1 K. xxviii.
18. C. Diss.) as he could not otherwise be praised for it. W.
↑ 23License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses