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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Justin Martyr
For the proselytes have no need of a covenant, if, since there is one and the same law imposed on all that are circumcised, the Scripture speaks about them thus: 'And the stranger shall also be joined with them, and shall be joined to the house of Jacob.'
Clement of Rome
Truly his will shall be fulfilled swiftly and suddenly, as the Scripture testifies.
Western Saints
Jerome
The time is near for it to come, and its days will not be prolonged. It says that the time is pressing and that it must be captured from the enemies. After the captivity of Jerusalem, not much time passed, and it was devastated by the Medes and Persians. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will still choose Israel and cause them to rest on their own land. …
Thomas Aquinas
Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened above. And this is divided into three parts: in the first, he promises liberation; in the second, he foretells the insults of the liberated against their oppressor: and it shall come to pass in that day (Isa 14:3); in the third, he sets out the confirmation of the insult: the seed of the wicked shall not be named (Isa 14:20). …
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