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Isaiah 14:24

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Jerome

The Lord of hosts swore, saying: If it shall not be as I thought, so it shall be, and as I devised it in my mind, so shall it come to pass, that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, he sets out the divine purpose to destroy the Assyrians, that it might set an example. And first, he sets out the oath: the Lord of hosts has sworn, that is, immovably established, surely as I have thought, that is, established: the Lord has sworn, and he will not repent (Ps 110:4).

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