Lamentations 5:7 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Lamentations 5:7

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Thomas Aquinas

Here the people's slavery is exaggerated. So, first are viewed the conditions of those enslaved, as they are being punished for the sins of others. As said: "Our fathers sinned, and are no more, and we bear their iniquities." Since our fathers have died: "we bear their iniquities", while sustaining their punishments. …

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