Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 2:13

“And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.”

“Here he places the subtraction of things which make for defense. And first, as to things that pertain to preparing machines of war: either because of their height, and thus he says, "upon all the cedars"; or because of their strength, and thus he says, "upon all the oaks": "open your gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour your cedars" (Zech 11:1); and below this: "howl, you oaks of Basan, because the fenced forest is cut down" (Zech 11:2).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.