Stelle quia ecce dies uenit ardens sicut c...; (De civitate Dei (413 - 427), Lib. 20, Cap. 27 (lin. 6)) [3436]

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Text De civitate Dei (413 - 427) Augustine of Hippo
Quotation quia ecce dies uenit ardens sicut clibanus et comburet eos, et erunt omnes alienigenae et uniuersi, qui faciunt iniquitatem, stipula, et succendet eos dies ueniens, dicit dominus omnipotens, et non relinquetur in eis radix neque ramus.
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.
Quotation source Lib. 20, Cap. 27 (lin. 6)
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Comment The whole of this passage is a quotation from the Book of Malachi, 3:17-4:3.