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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
In the section we examined and read previously, he delivered a prophecy of the covenant in Christ and the graces bestowed by him, for he said that he would "make a way in the desert and rivers in the dry land," and because of this he would be blessed by "all the wild animals of the field." The praise-giving is to be understood as a spiritual sacrifice and fruit of the new covenant in Christ. …
Western Saints
Jerome
You did not call upon me, Jacob: you did not labor for me, Israel. LXX: You have not now called, Jacob, nor have I made you labor, Israel. The beasts of the field, dragons and ostriches praising me, you, Jacob, did not want to invoke me, nor afterwards did you labor to amend sin through repentance.
Thomas Aquinas
But you have not called upon me. Here he excludes the merits of the Jews for attaining such benefits. And concerning this, he does three things: first, he excludes their merit; second, he gives a place for a response: put me in remembrance (Isa 43:26); third, he removes a certain way of responding: your first father (Isa 43:27). …
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