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Isaiah 14:5

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Jerome

The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of rulers. That man, I say, who was the staff of the wicked, who fiercely struck down all with his scepter and royal rod.

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Thomas Aquinas

In inflicting punishments on men: the Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers, that struck the people in wrath, as though in reply to a preceding question; in attacking kingdoms: that brought nations under: how is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed (Jer 50:32).

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