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Isaiah 10:20

Western Saints

Jerome

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel shall no more stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord God of hosts will make a consummation and an abbreviation in the midst of all the land. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, the effect on the people: and it shall come to pass, as to three things in which they offended, namely, in their trust in the nations: upon him that strikes them, because even those from whom they sought help sometimes afflicted them, they that shall escape, either to Ezechias or to other nations: they leaned upon you (Ezek 29:7).

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