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Lamentations 2:15

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

The wonders of seeing are here exposed. First, as to seeing friends, second as to enemies. There: "All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: 'We have destroyed her'" (Verse 16). Regarding friends their compassion is expressed by four signs. First, by the clap of hands: "all who pass along the way clap their hands at you." Namely, along the way upon the earth, seeing the earth's vastness. Then, "they hiss" by a movement of their head. And, "wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem". …

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