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Isaiah 56:12

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Jerome

Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness, and it shall be as today, so tomorrow, and much more. LXX: Come, let us take wine, and let us become drunk, and let tomorrow be such a great day, even more so. And what follows: Everyone to his own greed, from the greatest to the least: come, let us take wine, and let us fill ourselves with drunkenness, and it will be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more, is not found in the Seventy Interpreters, but is added from the Hebrew, indicated by the shining stars. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Third, as to pleasure, which pertains to concupiscence of the flesh: come, let us take wine, and it shall be, that is, if today we rejoice in such things, to morrow, much more, above: behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine (Isa 22:13).

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