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Lamentations 3:52

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

The affliction into which people fall is now evaluated. First, the people's captivity itself is reckoned: "I have been hunted like a bird." That is, as if by cunning enemies, operating with powers. Then, enemies (the Chaldeans) are: "without cause." For, I (Jeremiah) could, in no manner, harm them, since they, in no way approach me. …

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