“Let his children become orphans, and his wife a widow. See that the things which are spoken are mysteries. Whom do you suppose to be the children of Judas? The Jews. And they are called Jews, not from that holy Judah, but from this betrayer. From that holy one, we are the spiritual Jews; but from this betrayer, those…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 35, on Psalm 108
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9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
— Psalms 109:9 —
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.