See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no more.
Thomas Aquinas
Here he shows their hardness, in that they are not moved by benefits. And first he sets forth the benefits that pertain to the use of life: "See, understand. Have I become a wilderness to Israel?" Nay rather, I have been to you as a city, and a most fruitful land: for I defend you, and grant the fruits of the earth. Hosea 6: "He shall come to us as the early rain, and the latter rain of the earth." Second, those things that pertain to adornment: "Will a virgin forget her ornament?" Isaiah 6: "He has clothed me about with a garment of justice."
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.