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Isaiah 17:3

Western Saints

Jerome

The help from Ephraim will cease, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, declares the Lord of hosts. Then the help of God will cease from Ephraim, who in this place are understood as the Scribes and Pharisees, according to the prophecy of Hosea, who calls them adversaries of the people of God and names them Ephraim (Hosea 5 and 8). …

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Thomas Aquinas

And aid shall cease. Here the effect of the destruction is set out, and first, the effect on the ten tribes: from Ephraim; second, the effect as to the royal city: and the kingdom from Damascus shall cease, and it will no longer be the head of the kingdom; third, as to the entire region: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, ironically: that is, they will be ignominious like the children of Israel, above: the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall (Isa 31:3).

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