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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
But to them, like raging seas, the Lord will rebuke the instigator of their sedition, and He will drive him away from His people. And as dust moved on the mountains, the higher it is, the stronger it is carried away; and as a whirlwind, which rises from the earth, is carried away into the sky by a sudden storm: so also he, being carried away, will be separated from the people of God and will flee, lest he be relegated to the abyss.
Thomas Aquinas
As to the shout of their fighting, nations shall make a noise, in battle, above: behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many (Isa 8:7); their voice shall roar like the sea (Jer 6:23); many waters, many peoples (Rev 17). Second, he threatens destruction. Concerning which he first sets out the destruction itself: but he shall rebuke him, killing his army by an angel, and he shall flee far off, to his own land with only a few men, as it says above (Isa 10:18); you have rebuked the Gentiles (Ps 9:6). …
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