Stelle quoniam ecce dies uenit ardens sicu...; (De civitate Dei (413 - 427), Lib. 18, Cap. 35 (lin. 98)) [3430]

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Text De civitate Dei (413 - 427) Augustine of Hippo
Quotation quoniam ecce dies uenit ardens sicut clibanus et concremabit eos, et erunt omnes alienigenae et omnes facientes iniquitatem stipula, et incendet illos dies, qui adueniet, dicit dominus omnipotens; et non derelinquetur eorum radix neque sarmentum.
Translation For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (trans. Dyson)
Quotation source Lib. 18, Cap. 35 (lin. 98)
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Comment This passage in its entirety is a biblical quotation from Malachi 3:17-4:3.