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Isaiah 12:1

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Jerome

And you shall say on that day: I will praise you, O Lord, for you were angry with me, but your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. …

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Thomas Aquinas

384. I will confess. Here the thanksgiving for the benefit they received is set out, which indeed the prophet already saw by the prophetic spirit and promised to the people. Hence he does three things: first, he sings a song, second, he promises the benefit to the people: you shall draw waters (Isa 12:3), third, he foretells that the people shall sing: and you shall say (Isa 12:4). 385. …

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