Jerome of Stridon
The fourth station is Thiagiroth, which translates to the mouth of the noble and is spelled with the letter heth. Some mistakenly render hiroth as villages, a clear error stemming from their interpretation of the letters ai instead of the preceding particle. Veel-sephon translates in our language to Lord of the North, or ascending the tower, or possessing the mysteries. Additionally, Magdol signifies greatness or tower. Therefore, let us gather courage and be uplifted in the Lord, and let us cast aside the mysteries of the idol Beel-sephon, diminishing his glory and his inflated pride.
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For he does not originate from the south, from whence the Lord came, nor from noon, where the bridegroom rests among the flowers; rather, he holds the north, the source of the coldest winds that bring calamities upon the earth. Though it is the coldest, it falsely claims the name of virtue and happiness, yet it yields only tribulations.