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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And it shall be in that day, when the Lord has given you rest from your labor, and from your turmoil, and from your hard service which you had to bear, that you shall recite this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, The speech is addressed to Israel, that after Jerusalem has been restored and the yoke of servitude has been cast off, they should remember the former power of Nebuchadnezzar and the height of Babylon, and lament him with a pitiful voice, because he has come to such great calamity that he seems worthy of …
Thomas Aquinas
And it shall come to pass. Here the insult of the liberated people against their captor, who has now been destroyed, is set out. And first, the title or the inscription is set out, containing three things: the time, when God shall give you rest from your labor, by which you have labored in waging war; and from your vexation, of captivity, by which you were kept in prison; and from bondage, by which you were oppressed in the land of your captivity.
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