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Isaiah 32:13

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

If those very persons, who amid the darkness of the present life shine bright by virtuous attainments—if they also cannot be void of contagion, with what guilt of wickedness are those bound, who still live after the flesh? If those persons cannot be free from sin who are already walking in the way of heavenly desires, what about those who still lie under the loads of sinful habits, who, abandoned to the gratifications of their fleshly part, still bear the yoke of rottenness? …

Morals on the Book of Job 17.23 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Third, as to the desolation of their cities and houses, he sets out the desolation itself: how much more, namely, to be wept for, the city that rejoiced, namely, Jerusalem, whose lower part was handed over to the Assyrians, above: a populous city, a joyous city (Isa 22:2).

Commentary on Isaiah ↗