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Isaiah 59:6

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Thomas Aquinas

And as to the second: their webs shall not be for clothing; that is, as spider webs do not avail for clothing, so their counsels avail nothing for them, if they gain no advantage, above: they shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen (Isa 19:9). 1041. Second, he explains the metaphor. And first, as to action: their works are unprofitable, as to one part, the work of iniquity, as to the other, above: their works shall not profit them (Isa 57:12).

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