12:12 Brood

And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure.
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant. Milton, Paradise Lost.

AI Overview: A brooding hen goes into "mother mode," stopping egg-laying to sit on eggs (or even just a nest) for about 21 days to incubate them until they hatch.

God, then, is a brooding Hen, sitting on the vast Abyss,

making it pregnant 

with life.

The Abyss, with its eggy brood, is God Themselves.

A word for bringing forth live young is viper.

Vipers are vivus (living) parere (bringing forth).

So, to call the Republicans a brood of vipers is a vile insult to snakes.

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