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Isaiah 21:8

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Jerome

And he looked closely with much attention, and the lion cried out: I am standing continually on the watchtower of the Lord, both day and night. And that lookout who was positioned to see what was coming cried out like a lion, or rather, he is called a lion himself as a prophet. …

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Thomas Aquinas

517. Third, the declaration is set out: and a lion cried out, a lion according to strength of soul, who formerly was a watchman through eminence of contemplation. And first, he declares his own diligence: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord: I will stand upon my watch (Hab 2:1).

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