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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
The burden of the desert of the sea. Unless I were to read the following in the subsequent part of this chapter: Babylon has become a beloved wonder to me. And again: Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and all the carved images of her gods are shattered on the ground. And above: Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media: I would doubt that this weight, which is imposed on the deserted sea, is what is meant. …
Thomas Aquinas
507. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here he threatens against the enemies who oppressed them by taking away their goods, although they were joined to them by some treaty. And this is divided into three parts. First, against those who were joined to them by a treaty of friendship; in the second, against those who were joined by right of authority, the burden of the valley of vision (ch. 22); in the third, against those who were joined to them by association in trade, the burden of Tyre (ch. 23). …
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