Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 37:25

“I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.”

“From the multitude of his warriors: I have dug, as if to say: I have such a large army that the water that I find is not enough, unless I dig wells; or, metaphorically: I dried up the consolations of all nations: like a garden of pleasure before it, and behind it a desolate wilderness (Joel 2:3).”

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