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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
My son will come quickly, treading on and trampling your adversaries, to open for you the way of victory: whether to open the abyss, which he will not destroy until complete annihilation; but he desires to save the converted. Finally, the bread of him, who is interpreted by the Gospel, the teaching proving, will never fail, but will always be open to those willing to partake.… Symmachus, in that place where we said, "He will come quickly, walking to open," and he will not kill until extermination, he interpreted it thus: Hell will …
Thomas Aquinas
934. Third, he shows the order of comfort: he shall quickly come, namely, Cyrus, that is going to open, the prison for the captives, and he shall not kill you, like the other kings of the Chaldeans, neither shall the bread of his sustenance fail you, above: bread is given him (Isa 33:16), above: and I have given you for a covenant of my people (Isa 42:6).
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