Thomas Aquinas

Second, the malice of his princes: the vessels, that is, the messengers and princes, of the deceitful, namely, of Sennacherib: a prince that gladly hears lying words, has all his servants wicked (Prov 29:12); and the execution of their malice: for he, namely, Rabsaces, about whom, see below (36), will frame (concinnabit), that is, compose, devices—cinnus is a kind of drink composed of different kinds of things; the poor man, the Jew: your mouth has abounded with evil, and your tongue framed deceits (Ps 49:19).

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