“The affliction into which people fall is now evaluated. First, the people's captivity itself is reckoned: "I have been hunted like a bird." That is, as if by cunning enemies, operating with powers. Then, enemies (the Chaldeans) are: "without cause." For, I (Jeremiah) could, in no manner, harm them, since they, in no w…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
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50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
— Lamentations 3:52 —
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.