Wheresoever the hearts of the fathers are not turned to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, there will a great and terrible day of the Lord come; and that nation, like Judaea of old, like many a fair country in Europe at this moment, will be smitten with a curse.

Archelaus ruled Judaea with such injustice and cruelty, that, after nine years, he was summoned to Rome and exiled to Vienne in Gaul, and Judaea became a Roman province under the prefecture of Syria.

Nor did the treaty of alliance with Rome save Judaea from the continued hostilities of Syria.

THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN ST. MATTHEW, II, 1-12 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?

After this he passed through Judaea into Egypt and offered sacrifice to Pompey, about whom, he is said to have uttered this verse: Strange lack of tomb for one with shrines o'erwhelmed!