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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Justin Martyr
For all the Gentiles were "desolate" of the true God, serving the works of their hands; but the Jews and Samaritans, having the word of God delivered to them by the prophets, and always expecting the Christ, did not recognise Him when He came, except some few, of whom the Spirit of prophecy by Isaiah had predicted that they should be saved.
Western Saints
Jerome
Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married, says the Lord. LXX: Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who has a husband. For the Lord has spoken. …
Thomas Aquinas
976. Give praise, O you barren. Here against the dejection of their affairs, he promises the remedy of exaltation. And first, he promises multitude as a remedy against their fewness in number; second, restoration of honor against their confusion: fear not (Isa 54:4); third, prosperity against their former adversity: O poor little one (Isa 54:11). 977. Concerning the first, he does three things. …
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