The Sacrificial Lamb of God was born to the highly favored Ewe.
Herod, the elder fox, seethed in spite and wanted to do
great harm to the newborn, sparing no effort or degree:
a multitude of infants slain to ensure efficiency,
seeking the even distribution of inflicted fatality.
J-9thxciv, an Orthodox Christian
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Author's Notes/Comments:
John 1:29; Romanos the Melodist compares the Blessed Virgin Mary to a Ewe, in keeping with the metaphor of the Lamb of God, in the first stanza of his Kontakion, On The Lament Of The Mother Of God; Matthew 2:16; in Luke 13:32, Jesus calls Herod Antipas "that fox," and I assume the same would apply to his father, Herod the so-called Great; Matthew 2:17-18.