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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And joy and gladness shall be taken away from Carmel. It is the language of the Scriptures that always compares Mount Carmel, which overlooks Ptolemais and contains abundant forests, where Elijah prayed, to fertility and abundance, and thus signifies that all joy and fertility shall be taken away from once prosperous cities. And in the vineyards there will be no rejoicing or jubilation. It is understood that the previous grape harvester, that is, the colonist of the Moabite province, will not be there. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, the reason for his compassion is set out as to attack their enemies: the treaders, that is, of the ravaging Assyrians. And as to the taking away of the joy that they had from abundance of grain: from Carmel, that is, from fertility—for Carmel is not in Moab, but the Jews use proper nouns for appellatives; and the joy that they had in abundance of wine: in the vineyards (cf. Jer 48:33).
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