Hippolytus of Rome : We will show in what follows that these things are not said of someone else but of that tyrant, the one without shame, the enemy of God, as Isaiah says. — ON THE ANTICHRIST 15 Jerome : (Verse 4) How the oppressor has ceased: the tribute has ceased! This is the lamentation with which the people of Israel bewail themselves: 'How the Lord has become weak and powerless, the conqueror of the nations who once plundered everything!' — Commentary on Isaiah Origen of Alexandria : According to Isaiah, in which lament is offered on behalf of the king of Babylon, much can be learned about the origin and beginning of evil. Evil derived its existence from some who had lost their wings by following the one who was first to lose his own wings. — AGAINST CELSUS 6:43 Verecundus of Junca : Because the Lord Jesus would destroy their staff, that is, their power to oppress, Isaiah said, "How has the oppressor ceased and the tax ended? Was his oppressor's staff destroyed?" It befits Christians to be cautious, therefore, and it is right for the people of the Lord to be observant, lest oppressors who had once been repelled by divine grace should rouse themselves again to demand the kind of taxes which are paid with spiritual delinquency. — COMMENTARY ON THE CANTICLE OF Deuteronomy 2:10