And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Upon them that are left alive ... I will send a faintness into their hearts. Everywhere in the East, but especially at Jerusalem, the Jew betrays in his conduct a restless unquiet spirit, as a remorse, which eighteen centuries have not been able to overcome. In presence of the places which accuse him, marked with a brand of reprobation, the Jew of Jerusalem lives only half-breathing with difficulty (Bovet, 'Voyage En Terre Sainte').