Lamentations 3:7 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Lamentations 3:7

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Thomas Aquinas

A remedy for an escape from enemies' siege is cut off. "He has walled me about so that I cannot escape." That is, by the besieging army. "He has put heavy chains on me." This indicates that I (Jeremiah) am besieged just like those persons who are sent to prison and cannot escape. Thus, Psalm 88:8 claims: "I am shut in so that I cannot escape." And Job 13:27 says: "Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths."

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