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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"He hath opened a ditch, and digged it" (ver. 15). To open a ditch is, in earthly matters, that is, as it were in the earth, to prepare deceit, that another fall therein, whom the unrighteous man wishes to deceive. Now this ditch is opened when consent is given to the evil suggestion of earthly lusts: but it is digged when after consent we press on to actual work of deceit. But how can it be, that iniquity should rather hurt the righteous man against whom it proceeds, than the unrighteous heart whence it proceeds? …
Jerome
'He hath opened a pit and dug it out, and he is fallen into the ditch which he made.' The pit is the devil's own, which is also the ditch. 'He hath opened a pit': but since it cannot hold water, according to Jeremiah, therefore his pit has been turned into a ditch. 'He hath opened a pit, and dug it out.' All the conventicles of heretics are ditches of the devil.
Thomas Aquinas
"A pit." He treats of the punishment. And first he sets forth the metaphor. Second, he explains it, at "It will be turned back." Hunters set traps to capture wolves in pits. The enemies themselves likewise, to capture men, employ their devices; and this is done through treachery, and therefore it is like a pit. Among the Hebrews, a pit is called "lacus" (cistern): Zech. …
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