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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
For Jerusalem has fallen, and Judah has collapsed: because their tongue and their inventions are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His majesty. The recognition of their faces testifies against them, and they declare their sin like Sodom, and do not hide it. The Prophet speaks of this, not as many suppose, that he who was the chosen leader spoke. …
Thomas Aquinas
109. For Jerusalem is ruined. Here he sets out the cause of this renunciation. And first, he sets out the proximate cause, namely, the punishment of universal ruin; hence is said on the part of the prophet: therefore he will refuse, for, that is, because, Jerusalem is ruined, that is, the city itself, and Judah, the province itself, is fallen, from its integrity through punishment, below: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have brought it to ruin (Isa 23:13). 110. …
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