Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, Volume 1 (Biblia.com)

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Jerome (c. 347–419/20), one of the West’s four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church’s foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379, Jerome used...

vengeance, not because he himself is an enemy and avenger, which are names for the devil, but because his vengeance is inimical, and, as a fire, it consumes the wood, hay and stubble, so that the pure gold and silver may remain.26 The Lord is avenging, and has wrath: the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies. Septuagint: “The Lord is avenging with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he takes away his enemies.” According to both understandings,

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