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Isaiah 57:3

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Jerome

But you come here, sons of a fortune teller: whose seed have you played with? Whose mouth have you opened wide, and whose tongue have you cast out? LXX: But you come here, wicked sons, seed of adulterers and prostitutes, with whom have you played? Whose mouth have you opened: and whose tongue have you cast out? By removing the just one, whose burial is in peace, indeed by removing from the midst, you who are sons of wickedness, come to me, and hear what I say (John 8). …

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Thomas Aquinas

But draw near hither. Here he takes away from the unjust hope of deliverance. And first, he alleges their sin; second, he takes away their confidence of deliverance: I will declare your justice (Isa 57:12). Concerning the first, he does two things: first, he alleges the perversity of their sin, second, their obstinacy in sin: you have labored in the multitude of your ways (Isa 57:10). Concerning the first, he does two things. …

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