Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself.
Thomas Aquinas
Here he shows that they multiplied sin with an obstinate mind: and first, as to the length of time. From of old; as if to say, from the beginning of the giving of the Law. Isa. 48: I called you a transgressor from the womb. Job 21: What need is there that we should serve him, and what would it profit us if we prayed to him? Second, as to the multitude of the deed, on every hill: in high and pleasant places they sacrificed to idols. Isa. 65: They sacrificed upon the mountains, and reproached me upon the hills. For pleasant and high places are always dedicated to idols.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Corpus Thomisticum), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.