But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Ver. 20. But if not.] As your own consciences, those domestical chaplains, will tell you: for
“ Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ira concipit intra
Pectora pro facto spemque metumque, suo. ” - Ovid.
Let fire come.] See Judges 9:15 .