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Isaiah 48:1

Western Saints

Jerome

Listen to this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and come from the waters of Judah: who swear in the name of the Lord, and remember the God of Israel, not in truth or justice. For they are called from the holy city: and they are established upon the Lord, the name of the God of Israel. These things I foretold to the Chaldeans and the Babylonians, and it is necessary for what I have spoken through my prophets to be fulfilled. …

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Thomas Aquinas

884. Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. And this is divided into two parts: in the first, he promises liberation; in the second, he describes the order of liberation, below: give ear, you islands (Isa 49:1). The first is divided into two. …

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