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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
The deserted cities will be for flocks, and they will rest there, and there will be no one to frighten them away. The deserted cities, Aroer, that is, Myrhae, will be for the Ecclesiastical flocks, so that we may inhabit those which the Jews deserted: whether the destroyed idolatry will be rebuilt as the Gospel. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, as to the neighboring region: of Aroer, that is, of that region of Syria, in which there are many cities; or Aroer, which is Hebrew for "tamarisk," as if to say: as places where tamarisks abound are barren and abandoned to pasturage for sheep, so will the cities of Syria be; there shall be none to make them afraid, for, because of their solitude, there will not even be thieves there; or because they will not be useful for other fruit, as flocks are frightened by vineyards and farmland, below: nettles shall grow up in its …
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