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Isaiah 42:20

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Jerome

You who see many things, will you not observe? You who have open ears, will you not hear? LXX: You have seen many things, but you have not observed them: your ears are open, but you do not hear. To whom it is said: O Israel, who sees many things, and has many prophets through whom you may know the commandments of God, will you not keep the precepts that have been given to you? …

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Thomas Aquinas

You that have ears open: hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not (Jer 5:21); above: blind the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy (Isa 6:10).

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