A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND

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さて、Reader's Digest Jan. Issueに '6 Surprising Times You Are Quoting the Bible' と言う記事がありました。　その１として "A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF" があり、次の内容でした。
In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus tells an impudent crowd, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand." However, the phrase didn't enter the modern lexicon untill it was quoted by Abraham Lincoln in his famous nomination acceptance speech of 1858. Addressing the contentious issue of slavery in the United States, he told an audience of Republican politicians that "a house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free."
トランプ大統領は米国を "A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF" の状態にする様な気がします。