"Lamented be the hour," said Rebecca, "that has taught such art to the House of Israel! but adversity bends the heart as fire bends the stubborn steel, and those who are no longer their own governors, and the denizens of their own free independent state, must crouch before strangers.
De a balsors a szívet, a tűz pedig a legkeményebb acélt is meghajlítja. Akik elvesztették függetlenségüket és önkormányzatukat, kénytelenek hajlongani idegen uraik előtt.