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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Woe to those who plunder: will they not be plundered themselves? And to those who despise: will they not be despised themselves? When you have finished plundering, you will be plundered; when you have grown weary of contempt, you will be scorned. LXX: Woe to those who make you miserable: for no one makes you miserable. And those who condemn you, do not condemn you: they will be condemned, and handed over, and be consumed like moths in clothing. …
Thomas Aquinas
715. Woe to you that spoils. In this part, he begins to foretell the destruction of their enemies; and first, the destruction; second, the effect of the destruction: the land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad (ch. 35). The first of these is divided into two parts: in the first, he foretells the destruction of their principle enemy, namely, the Assyrians; in the second, that of the other enemies who were helping them: come near (ch. 34). …
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