“And he fed them from the fat of the wheat. He led them into the land of promise: he fed them not with manna, as in the desert, but with the wheat that fell, that rose again. And he fed them from the fat of the wheat. See the mystery of the Scriptures. From the fat of the wheat. Does wheat have fat? does it perhaps eve…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 13, on Psalm 80
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16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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In context
14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.