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Lamentations 4:11

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Thomas Aquinas

Here is bewailed the captivity, and destruction of the city, (Jerusalem). So, first is considered the destruction itself, second, the wonder from this fact. As said in Verse 12: "The kings of the earth did not believe, or any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem." Thirdly, is assigned the reason for such destruction. …

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