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Isaiah 49:24

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Jerome

Will the prey be taken from the mighty, or what is captured by the strong be saved? For thus says the Lord: Indeed, the captivity will be taken from the mighty, and what has been taken by the strong will be saved. But I will judge those who have judged you, and I will save your children. And I will feed your enemies with their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood as with wine. And all flesh will know that I am the Lord, your Savior, and your strong Redeemer, Jacob. …

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Thomas Aquinas

908. Shall the prey be taken from the strong? Here he excludes the third doubt. And first, he sets out the doubt itself: from the strong, Nabuchodonosor: or how can any one enter into the house of the strong (Matt 12:29).

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