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Jdg_8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels’ necks.
Ver. 21. Rise thou, and fall upon us.] For thou wilt quickly despatch us; and we will die with honour.
“ Hoc tamen infaelix miseram solabere mortem,
Aeneae magni dextra cadis. ” - Virg. Aeneid., lib. x.
For as the man is, so is his strength.] This they speak with an undaunted spirit, as it may seem, which is not always a sign of a good cause, but sometimes of a dedolent and desperate disposition, as we may see in many of Satan’s martyrs.