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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And according to the Septuagint, 'to carry away the seed of the Chaldeans' is referred to the person of the Lord: the one who is truly loved by the Father, and who does all the will of the Father, and who overturns in Babylon, that is, in the confusion of this world, all the seed of the Chaldeans, which are interpreted as demons. He himself spoke and heard the Son, and brought him, who speaks to the believers: Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened.
Thomas Aquinas
890. Assemble yourselves. Here he foretells Cyrus's prosperity. And first, he shows the hiding of this fact from others: who among them, namely, the idols, as if to say: none of them, above: who has declared from the beginning? (Isa 41:26). Second, he foretells his prosperity: the Lord has loved him, namely, Cyrus, advancing him into kingship; he will do his pleasure in Babylon, capturing it; and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans, that is, killing them by my power: and truly doing you shall do, and prevailing you shall prevail (1 Sam …
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