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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
On that day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, with those beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard, too. Some people think that this is a prophecy about the Assyrians, who, thirteen hundred years before they destroyed Jerusalem, ruled over the kingdom of Asia, Egypt, and Libya, and that they will be defeated by the Medes and Persians, and their empire will be destroyed. …
Thomas Aquinas
Third, their captivity: in that day the Lord shall shave with a sharp razor, that is, through the king, by them, that is, through them, namely, the Assyrians; concerning a sharp razor, see Ezekiel 5:1: take you a sharp knife that shaves the hair: and cause it to pass over your head. The head, the king, the feet, craftsmen, the beard, soldiers who are for the adornment of the king (2 Kgs 25), above: every man of war, judge, and prophet (Isa 3:2). …
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