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Isaiah 8:5

Western Saints

Jerome

And the Lord added, speaking to me again, saying: Because this people has rejected the waters of Siloam that flow gently, and has preferred Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore behold, the Lord will bring upon them the mighty and abundant waters of the river, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise above all its channels, and overflow over all its banks. And it will pass through Judah, flooding and reaching up to the neck. …

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Thomas Aquinas

273. And the Lord spoke to me again. Here the deed of destruction itself is described. And concerning this, he does three things: first, he sets out the fault of those to be punished; second, the power of those who punish them: behold the Lord will bring upon them (Isa 8:7); third, he sets out the punishment itself: he shall come up over all. Therefore, he first says, and the Lord spoke to me again. After the sign was given, the waters of Siloe. …

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