“So: "Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us." That is, first by diverse tribulations. And finally: "slaying without pity." For, Proverbs 6:34 claims: "For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge." Second, is a refusal from prayer of a person sinning: "Thou hast wrapped th…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
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43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
— Lamentations 3:45 —
46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.