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Isaiah 14:2

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Jerome

A stranger will be joined to them, and will cleave to the house of Jacob, and the peoples will hold them, and will bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as servants and handmaids; and those who had taken them captive will be taken captive, and their oppressors will be subject to them. We infer that many from various nations have come to Jerusalem with the people of Judah, believing in the God of Israel and forsaking the idols of error. …

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Thomas Aquinas

As to honorable retention: the people, among whom they were taken captive, shall take them, namely, the Jews, as though to carry them in their arms, below: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and carry your daughters upon their shoulders (Isa 49:22); or otherwise, as to the leading away of those who adhered to them, the people, namely, the Jews, shall take, that is, retain, them, leading those who adhered to them with themselves; as to the subjugation of the enemy or of those who adhered to them: and the house of Israel …

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