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Lamentations 4:16

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Thomas Aquinas

So, as far as the infliction of punishment: "The Lord himself", by his fore-knowledge, "has scattered them." That is, he disperses Jews among nations. As Psalm 55:22 says: "Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved." Thirdly, an irreverence for their elders was blamed on them (the Jews), and their enemies regarded such irreverence. …

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