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Isaiah 46:2

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Thomas Aquinas

He sets out the lack of aid on the part of the idols: they are consumed, that is, they fail, namely, the idols, him that carried them, namely, the beasts, or the men worshipping them: that which is made, together with him that made it, shall suffer torments (Wis 14:10); he sets out also the disgrace of captivity: and their souls, namely, the idols', metaphorically: that is, their divinity; or the gentiles', for they loved their idols like their own souls: for itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king (Hos …

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