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Isaiah 40:10

Eastern Fathers

Clement of Rome

We must … be zealous in doing good, for all things are from him. [Isaiah] warns us, "Behold, the Lord comes, and his reward is before his face, to pay each person according to his work." He therefore urges us who believe in him with all our heart not to be lazy or careless in any good work. Let our glorying and our confidence be in him. Let us be subject to his will.

1 Clement 34:2-5 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Behold the Lord. Here he shows the condition of the one who comes. And first, he shows that he will come strong to liberate: with strength, and his arm, his strength on the day of judgment; or in the first coming of Christ, in the power of his miracles; or in the destruction of Babylon, have you an arm like God? (Job 40:4). …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗