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Isaiah 50:10

Western Saints

Jerome

Who among you fears the Lord, and listens to the voice of his servant? Who walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God. LXX: Who among you fears the Lord, and listens to the voice of his servant? Who walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God. You have struck me, you have spat on my face: yet I call my persecutors to repentance. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Who is there among you? Here he deduces salutary counsel from his own example. And first, he sets out the counsel; second, he sets out their contempt of this counsel: behold all you (Isa 50:11). Now, he gives counsel that they should trust in God, and thus he does three things. First, he seeks after the fittingness of trust, which is from fear and obedience: that fears the Lord, that hears the voice of his servant, Isaiah, or any other servant: who is the man that fears the Lord? …

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