“Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops...” he began, and then went on: “Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off...” And there was more: “And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so I will destroy thy cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
“Here endeth the first lesson”, he pronounced at last, and leaving the lectern he returned to his seat. Dimitri shivered. Was every poor Cypriot a heathen about to meet their judgement at the hands of this new god? And with ‘anger and fury’, furthermore? Would they all be utterly condemned? Or would people like him, who abided by the law, perhaps be spared?
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