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Isaiah 57:6

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Jerome

In the parts of the torrent is your portion: this is your fate, and you have poured out libations for them, you have offered sacrifices. Shall I not be angry with these things? LXX: This is your portion, this is your fate: and for them you have poured out libations and prepared sacrifices. Shall I not be angry with these things? …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, their love of sin: in the parts of the torrent is your portion, as if to say: you have reckoned this to be your lot: let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us every where leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot (Wis 2:9). Third, their offering of sacrifice: and you have poured out libations, as to moist things, you have offered sacrifice, as to dry things, above: you shall be confounded for [your] idols (Isa 1:29). Fourth, the just anger of God: shall I not be angry at these things? …

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