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Isaiah 51:3

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Thomas Aquinas

924. [Second,] he deduces the benefit of divine comfort: the Lord therefore will comfort, as to the rebuilding of cities, all the ruins: you are comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, in all things (Ezek 14:22); as to the cultivation of fields: and he will make her desert, that is, your land, which formerly was desert: their soul shall be as a watered garden (Jer 31:12); and as to the gladness of men: joy, above: you shall have a song (Isa 30:29). 928. …

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