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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
On that day the Lord will take away the ornament of the shoes. On which day? The Jews believe it to be the captivity of Babylon. We are more convinced that it is when they were captured by the Romans and lost all their clothing, gems, gold, jewelry, and various furnishings. Or, by the metaphor of women, it is said that all the adornment of cities was destroyed. Understand the ornaments of cities in the streets and porticoes, in the marketplace and gymnasiums, and in public walls. …
Thomas Aquinas
118. The Lord will make bald. Here he threatens punishment: and first, as to the removal of adornments; second, as to the comfort of men, where it says, your fairest men also shall fall by the sword (Isa 3:25). Concerning the first, he does two things. First, he takes away from them their adornments, which are signs of foolish joy and lasciviousness; in the second, he repays them with the signs of sadness and misery, where it says, and instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench (Isa 3:24). …
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