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What the Fathers say

Isaiah 43:21

Eastern Fathers

Irenaeus

And those of them who declare that God would make a new covenant with men, not such as that which He made with the fathers at Mount Horeb, and would give to men a new heart and a new spirit; and again, "And remember ye not the things of old: behold, I make new things which shall now arise, and ye shall know it; and I will make a way in the desert, and riven in a dry land, to give drink to my chosen people, my people whom I have acquired, that they may show forth my praise," -plainly announced that liberty which distinguishes the new …

Against Heresies 4:33.14 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Third, he assigns the reason: this people have I formed for myself, namely, for my praise: the Lord has made all things for himself (Prov 16:4).

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