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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And now the Lord has spoken, saying: In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be taken away from all its people, and only a few will be left, not many. The three years, in which the glory of Moab will be taken away from all its people, whether many in number or rich in wealth, as translated by the LXX, are to be understood mystically. For just as the mercy of the Lord is in weights and measures, so too do the torments and punishments have their measure. …
Thomas Aquinas
Here he shows the shortness of the time: in three years, which will be until their destruction and from the death of Achaz—in whose time was the vision of this second word—or in which your persecution or battle will last; the years of a hireling, for after these, the Lord will repay to you the wages for your sins; or those who seem great are hirelings and small to the Lord: the life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling (Job 7:1).
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