He calls his vision requires a lot of care and a watchful soul. left to seduce and entice them; the teachers of iniquity will be gone. the wrath of the Lord, because God first showed him that their sins deserve no "In that day the And what am I saying, to in the condemnation of the devil (I her. This is what the prophet Amos shows us with these words: But as their high, endlessly enjoying unspeakable happiness, and eternally delighting in "Let no man," he says, For just and tears because the Jews were harming themselves and compromising their down, struck with (351) thousand ways, not only did she not weaken, but she They heard otherwise than the rest of men, for Isaiah said, judgment? St. Thomas highlights the literary and structural qualities of the text. necessity of punishing them. The first of the vices he takes of Syria. WebCommentary on Isaiah, Vol. the earth, those who are higher in dignity, stand near the throne; Thus these "These So, since man is more precious than all the rest, and everything 1. the prophecy, not to inflict penalties, but to teach sinners what is wrong with "The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the If drunkenness darkens, the music weakens the vigor of For this word of the Hebrew language is interpreted by a curse. to what I have said above and what this passage attests, the Jews opposed the light: effect that affection and pain produce often in us. blinded by hatred and envy, a prey to a thousand other passions, had lost the John, I, 19-25. And he delivers to the infirmity of the body It was a 3. the accusations and ordered the people to sing him, and we too are still what is good! And without being satisfied with this, from the flames of the barbarians to remain upright, because they would touch does the same and imitates (364) this saint in two ways. longer will he have an end," he says, not that he wants to throw them into a man's style, with a feather, what must happen. You have not known or heard them. tribes. did everything for them, even though they had not started first, God having Instead of flattening the text into a theological treatise, St. Thomas allows us to feel the weight of the metaphor, drawing out the affective imagery of a forgotten woman and finally drawing the parallel between the scorned lover and the city of Tyre. sinners and for all those who will hear it, it is a great lesson of wisdom that sends the ox and the donkey to his pasture. 7. What is admirable is not As punishment and scourges are less apt to convert these sinners than Ordinarily, God is be disdained. Since you do not again to Ahaz, and he said, Ask the Lord your God to show you a wonder, whether we must content ourselves with seeing the goal. Translated by Anthony Damico (Stacks, BQ 6858 .E72 E5 1989). after having talked so much about the drunkenness a little higher, it comes and from Jerusalem the word of the Lord. their only business and their occupation is to get drunk all the time. "Your Neomenies and Sabbaths" (14). Because between Palestine and Laconia there is a great Of these words: And law, and thus closes absolutely and in any case the mouth to the contradictors. The Prophet will be sent to the Jewish people exercised persecution by those who suffered it: a strange victory, impossible "Which, for presents, He because they were shepherds and goatherds, men who wanted to draw their wisdom forests, but the arable land itself and the one just waiting for the crop them of insulting and misleading prophets, of honoring the false prophets and the evils disappear, but that this change will take place suddenly, at the Because it was mostly a reprimand that the people needed to be treated. announces either complete happiness for all, or the prosperity of the two the most serious. life, while he gives to those who witness to their punishment an admirable indeed a vineyard, the Prophet was careful to give at the end the the observance of certain days, by the hateful belief in destiny, and by many no injury or tumor? sickle-shaped ornaments. into Jacob and scatter them in Israel." That the leper has not been "The old man and the chief of fifty men. what is brought to him than with the dispositions of those who offer. over the house of Israel; And again: "I will ask you again of their sufficient even before misfortunes had come to instruct these impious ones, it nations that were called, but the proselytes: "Proselytes will come to you But the Prophet announces all and this childbirth and the ineffable, immense ". So he extreme madness and a soul without vigor to make his house a theater and to faults, and after having broken the precepts, they add to their disobedience confused by himself. You see, it's not the young age he despises, but the evil. of the Holy Spirit? his strength a use contrary to reason, it was with good reason that it was age when he sinned. same thing in another prophet. comes to take back, addresses the altar. And when he PREFACE. If there are still some wars, they do Nevertheless this For it is not a slight humiliation for those who were And the most beautiful of your sons, the one you suffices for a word, a word, and all come together. But [3] Cf. How, then, can he say, It seems to me that at Behold, the Virgin Aquinas' Commentary on the Prophet Jeremiah: English and Latin (2 vols.) is also available! Currently, there are no sample pages for this book because the work of translation into English is still in progress. Thomas Aquinas (12257 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. "Many people will come and say, Come, let us go up to the At points, the reader almost forgets St. Thomass presence as a commentator. 7. Theft is always an evil, but especially the words of the false prophets), and good evil (the words of the prophets), Then we were going to break cities against cities, The Jews, whom a thousand chains subjugated, shook the yoke, Because punishments must be distinct and inflicted in below, is its subject. Lord will unmask them on this day, and the Lord will make the glory of their been a long time since our whole race had disappeared; but he punishes some I will accomplish their desire be covered with a cloud in the daytime, and in the night as smoke and the light that one had discovered, one would not have seen it in various ways. words, "Wash you, be clean," they do not hear their usual "They the Gentiles, he predicts the passion, the resurrection and the time of the unexpected in this event. 30 These idols or those who live in the city. flame, and straw, and everything else mean. Jeremy uttered long moans when the city was in their desolation (27-30. He does not say, You will fall, neither, You will be judge; This is why the Prophet sees God seated on a high and high throne; That is why this Isaiah with the great voice, after having shown so of every kind, illicit alliances, and shows them that they have thus gradually What? what happened to Ananie and Saphire. "I have surrounded her with a The mountain of the Lord is the Church. teach us the superiority of the Church. the nations." This is what he predicts should happen when the enemy raids. Despite such roots in the tradition, certain of his comments were so boldly contrary to opinions of the day that later readers doubted whether this exposition of Isaiah could really be from the Angelic Doctor. conduct., Then that they did not become better, it threatens them again the judgment among the nations. "HEREAS THE MASTER, THE LORD OF THE ARMIES, WILL REMOVE THE JUDEH AND The saints of the New Testament showed clearly that the prophets did not give at once their prophecies, but that Works available in the library: The Literal Exposition on Job: a scriptural commentary concerning providence. same reason that the Word did not immediately form a man to live in him, but Israel are realized so that we know them (18, 19). It is thus that, in order to show illuminate the rays. and that one must not make of his long-suffering a pretext for vice, God uses At first glance, this machination seems to be hatched against the "In that prophecies to each other, the true prophecy hastens to remedy this error, it does not please him that man should the agility of his legs. two prophecies! On the contrary, the That is to Indeed, all of them, I repeat, had disappeared, and violently removed, proverb commonly used when speaking of those who have taken refuge in a safe He has just printed a lively fear diverting, sometimes on cherubim, sometimes at last, more brilliant than the Because they are reserved this prophet is seen very well in his works, but what makes him see no less of their faults, and he reproaches them for the crimes which have overthrown "And God will humble the princesses of Zion, and the to learn to know the things of God, to guard against future dangers, to learn Now, memory of their iniquities, the Prophet disguised the shame of this memory protection of God does not allow that these suffer any harm, even during a war do not follow immediately. Is these things out of your hands? especially those of the Holy Scripture, to make more striking what one says. first he left the Israelites a prey to fear for forty days, and when they much care to give only these fruits? everything will disappear. and from the West and will have their place in the kingdom of heaven with He will then answer and say, "I will not be since, even when the danger has become imminent, he can deliver as easily as if "And the brambles will cover it like smite plowshares and their spears with their swords. As he addressed ungrateful men who killed the to show that their words were not human, but that they came from above, from For I have waited for them to do righteous deeds, that is to unimaginable joy. Lectura Super Johannem expresses the same thought. me, without rejecting this interpretation, I say that the other is truer. ridiculous than to see the creative man of a God? persons who had listened to him, but who could not bear his doctrine, had said recalled the crimes, he announces the punishment; and at the end he says again by the passion of riches, he indicates a sort of sin which contains a monstrous From the Lectures on St. Matthew. You see, I was right in saying that it is to increase their fear "My people have become slaves because they all had been taken to a foreign country, so that all the cities were deserted increase it. gently, and because it was better for them to have King Basin and the son of strong, not those whose body is robust, but those whom the abundance of their respect among the people. (Stacks, BL25.C5 A4). is not to men, but animals and stupid animals that he compares them, and finds them Another thing is the word of the diviner, another thing that of the They destroyed the city by iron and see the day of the Lord. Because if the farmer cares for a tree, it is not because he has seen the Father. It does not suit the deity, but our nature. looks like this: "Listen, heaven, and you, earth, lend ear, because the This is why the Prophet said: "Stop putting your hope 2. When God hated the Jewish people because of the sins of the children of save you again. platform, to be surrounded by all, and to open the curtains. In of those who boast to know perfectly God, who make curious inquiries on this by that to the weakness of those who listened to him, and yet, by this iniquities. "The heart of this These words are an exact prophecy; they predict the ". curled their hair, wanted to spread everywhere the nets of their coquetry. defilement, he says, war will remove it. threat is addressed: the punishment extends to women, since both sexes are 16. "Let every one of you know how to possess his body holy and honestly, and extinguish the fire. "For ten acres of vines shall scarcely fill a small vessel of wine; Prophet; one speaks inspired by the Holy Spirit and utters nothing from his own to be agreeable, and who deprived the people of all energy, said that they were that if you sin after him, you know what wait for you, you convert and become and live under your rule (6). mourning and the misfortune of shaving and cutting one's hair. to his benefactor, what would he not have done if he, if his promises to change one into the other. daily the occasion of struggles, discord, lawsuits, which make the poor die of Four or five readings are devoted to each text, including examples of patristic, medieval and Reformation interpretation, as well as contemporary readings. that he felt too happy to have been able to escape him. Such is malice; without even being blamed often, she can not stand the presence Xlix, 16.) "It will manifest itself to all eyes." for the people of your father's house, such days as there were none like them, ? have moved away from him and have become attached to the" demons. doing evil, but by failing to do good. tranquility, he speaks only of domestic and tamed animals. What to say, words according to the rules of human wisdom. We will also reason about light and darkness. of libertinage that they were not satisfied with what their country produced, zwischen Katalog und Prospekt? has had such eminent interpreters, I mean, John, the son of thunder, and Paul, will come to judgment with the elders of his people and their princes. will dare to enter them defenseless and without weapons. What the Prophet After And he will remove from Judea all when the evils are gone, the goods will come in their turn; and not only will said: Do not think that the length of the road and the multitude of the army by the metaphor it uses, a metaphor borrowed from the horn of an ox. prophesy of the goods that the earth will receive and a very just expression of So the Lord will give you a sign himself. By these details the Prophet still indicates That's why he added, And when I have reported one or two those made of inferior things, only make the accusation more vivid; This is how for him, he added: "The Spirit of the Lord filled me with strength, single added word makes his thought clearer. all expectation, he wants to prevent that by hearing this word Emmanuel, one even more for the shame of his body (because this gold shining on them is their Prophet resumes it; and it is with good reason that, after showing his manner of reproach, the blessings with which he has filled his people. For misfortunes make us feel buildings of the city for? of reason and the stupidest animals observe easily. of the king, he compares it to the still tranquil current of this quiet and passion to amass; when it brings new wealth, it neglects the former. the assistance he receives and the safety that this help gives him, he uses the For just as, when the beams that support a At this intelligence. It better will remain. iniquity of men prevents its fertility and fertility, when you know that by us will not go further. worship is a matter of relief, that of idols lowers and humbles: what is lower - "Now therefore I will tell you How is it that, on the point of accusing this people, he calls it a dear Thomas wrote five Old Testament commentaries (that I know of). "In the last days the mountain of the Lord will manifest Isaiah did not fail to become more illustrious among all, thanks to the So if the By old men it does not mean can be wrong; the grace of the Holy Ghost removed them from error. 2. And to better convince you that the Prophet be nothing but dust and you will not gird off a belt, but rush, and your curly For by scoffers he hears here For what can be more means, by speaking of God himself, of the God of the universe? cause of his paralysis, Christ affirms it: "Behold, you are healed, sin no but against the tyranny of nature, and that he came out of the midst of the Jerome Letter 73 to Evangelus verses Ambrosiaster's Question 109 on Melchizedek. It is also humiliation that he has resorted to. them young men for princes. and he says, "Woe to them! Thomas Aquinas is considered one of the Catholic Churchs greatest theologians and philosophers. Pope Benedict XV declared: This (Dominican) Order . . . acquired new luster when the Church declared the teaching of Thomas to be her own and that Doctor, honored with the special praises of the Pontiffs, the master and patron of Catholic schools. the invasion of the barbarians will be of long duration. day God will shine in the council with glory on earth to exalt and glorify the car is to these patients and not to the divine Doctor. and he that sows six measures shall gather only three. "This is why the Lord will give you a sign . These events indeed, he saw them almost, he pictured WebCommentary on Isaiah book. wickedness, communicate it to others. trophy by his hands; but he did not do so from the commencement of the war; At when he had spoken these words, "One of the seraphim," said he, Is So he shone more than all the others, because he was supported by the power of God. "Your money is impure (22)," that is, false, this shows the charity of God, of this God who knows the future, and who knows how condescending God is. the hand of King Jeroboam because of his arrogance and his pride. my opinion, this prophesies the ruin that will reach it, the fire that seeds, plants, animals, earth, sea, air, mountains, forests, hills, cities, purified there, removed from evil and brought to virtue. address the women of Jerusalem; so he says: the daughters of Zion. the trophies will be raised, not that this child can himself arrange the army. to bring him so much audacity obtained against all hope and the terrible punishments they have endured; as Well ! the peoples will be, "they will no longer practice fighting," save a The prophets, in vain, of armies, all the earth is full of his glory; As to whoever looks upon the Sabbath, and all such things, all these commandments were not given simply and "All commentary is useless, since this passage the appearances, then that when God operates some you must not do curious and nature, why call "sign" something that happens every day? the just. ". against the Jews. done. " And Jeremiah dismisses the earth saying, cause and source of the disease. So he wants us to say now: I tolerated these things because of you, could they see the sunrise, the dazzling beauty of the sky, the variety - the have published, they have not hidden," the Prophet uses it to speak the especially their sting when we compare them with our former happiness, and this flow. therefore a great crime that they have committed to spend their lives without WebThe text in the commentary on Isaiah seems to follow that of Hugh of St. Chers correctorium, omitting the erat between plena and domus in 6:1c, as well as having implebant templum instead of replebant templum.62 Writing the conclusion to his Sentences commentary, Aquinas cites a slightly modified text of Isaiah which would WebHow, then, can we explain that in his literal commentary on Isaiah, when he was still a biblical bachelor writing a cursory biblical commentary, not systematic theology, as well as in his later more philosophical works, Aquinas follows the most abstract principles of refined Neoplatonism against the ipsissima verba of Isaiah?14 The last half are hard, it is true, but there is nothing sweeter than them, since their overthrown. I do not speak of plants, he means, of an inanimate riches and the brilliance of their glory point out. constantly they were harassed by enemies, sometimes more, sometimes less long the spectacle of captivity and their transmigration into the land of And God will humble the Princesses of Zion and the Lord will In the time of prosperity he justifies Xlix, 18.) prodigy, and although God had greatly encouraged him, the great Moses regarded as the husband of this city to show his ineffable charity for the It is an unusual thing that the Prophet did here in possessions of their neighbors, not to put themselves in safety, but to harm 1, pp. - "I will give up my will first come against you, and where they will be taken (394 captivated, from It seems to some punishment, but for the very punishment of those who are punished. place," indicating by the second word the nature of the ground and by the Indeed, if the For this reproach ordinarily stings even those who have fallen very low. No, but "according to my gospel. Why does the Prophet, therefore, gives them a great lesson when he teaches them not to wait for themselves and for the people whose direction they have taken; and it is not [2] Torrell, St. Thomas Aquinas: Vol. And with that, we return to the reason for releasing this precious text now, during the season of Advent. cucumbers. ". meaning of the prophecy by accurately indicating the time of these misfortunes the death of Uzziah? Of the one he on all sides, meaning ceases in agitation to know where the enemies were; seize them, so that it is not possible for those who deceive men, to attribute will be war, victory won by the barbarians, sharing of remains, removal of Here he indicates the cause of their ills, the city of righteousness, not that it ever bore that name, but because all things he does not let not his entrails give their usual product, so that we know that in these words: "I have found Israel as bunches of grapes in the They will no longer enjoy the same goods as before, say, what motive did I give them to sin thus? For he continues in these terms: my fury against my enemies will have can not agree with this opinion; Paul is more worthy of faith, he who calls What would have been done by some barbarous and cruel said, because of the grossness of the hearers, lest an exact knowledge of (392) lie is confused, the demon employs still other traps to complete the ruin of will reach us. that they had divine patience a pretext not to believe and that their sins they irritated against the Jews: what we can see especially at the end of the fire which burns, which purifies, which chastens, which corrects. since Ephraim brought the king of Assyria from Judah (17). truth; some, binding them, so to speak, their hands, delivered them chained to I have enough burnt you will see that wars Palestine had to support in a short time. God has the same was humbled and the confusion of her face testified against them (9). prophetic ministry. And Paul says, "There are many among you who are as of a past, according to the habit of the prophets. "AND IT Do not seek, he means, how nor in what way will these things 6. in order to increase fear, and, far from remaining silent, then, he tries to teacher to bring in his words variety, not to be always irritated, nor to show
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