Lamentations 4:22 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Lamentations 4:22

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Thomas Aquinas

Here the Jews are consoled. And first, as to their liberation. As said: "The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion": as purged by punishment. Then: "he will keep you in exile no longer." That is, for past sins, providing you do not repeat such sins. As Isaiah 40:2 declares: "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned." Secondly, the Jews are comforted by even the punishment of their enemies. …

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