Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Après m'être détourné, j'éprouve du repentir; Et après avoir reconnu mes fautes, je frappe sur ma cuisse; Je suis honteux et confus, Car je porte l'opprobre de ma jeunesse. -
KJV
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
is not conferred by the ministers of Christ, but is inspired inwardly into man by God, according to Jer. 31:19 : "After Thou didst convert me, I did penance." Therefore it seems that Penance is not a sacrament. Objection 3: Further, in the sacraments of which we have already spok…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
does not seem to arise in us through any work of man, but through the operation of God, according to Jer. 31:19 : "After Thou didst convert me I did penance." Therefore penance does not result from fear. On the contrary, It is written ( Is. 26:17 ): "As a woman with child, when s…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
cebat: «Postquam convertisti me, egi poenitentiam, et postquam ostendisti mihi, percussi femur meum (Jer. XXXI, 19) .» Quid enim in femore, nisi voluptas carnis accipitur? Et quid est quod ait: «Postquam ostendisti mihi, percussi femur meum,» nisi postquam superna spiritaliter vi…
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