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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Woe to the pride of Ephraim's crown, to the fading flower of its glorious splendor, which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine. See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground. The proud crown of Ephraim's drunkards will be trampled underfoot. …
Thomas Aquinas
633. Woe to the crown. In this part, he threatens against those who disdain the predictions of the prophets, and first, against those who disdain in the present, second, against those to come in the time of Jeremiah, woe to you, apostate children (ch. 30). The first of these is divided into two parts. In the first, against those from the ten tribes; in the second, against those from the two tribes: but these also (Isa 28:7). 634. Concerning the first, he does three things. …
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