Holy Scripture
Psalms 149:7
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“To execute, he says, vengeance upon the nations. Oh, if only I too might have that two-edged sword, that I might execute vengeance upon the nations, that I might slay the various peoples, that I might slay Arius, that I might slay Eunomius, that I might slay Manichaeus, that I might slay all the heresies! And see what…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments among the peoples;
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5The saints shall rejoice in glory; And shall exult on their beds.
6The high praises of God shall be in their throat, And two-edged swords in their hands;
— Psalms 149:7 —
8To bind their kings with fetters, And their nobles with manacles of iron;
9To execute on them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints.