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Isaiah 63:19

Eastern Fathers

Cyril of Alexandria

The church is often called "the holy mountain" in the sacred Scriptures, and those from Israel are only a small part of it. For if they had demonstrated faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the company of the faith would have sprung from them for the most part and the Gentiles would have been added in to complete the number. …

Commentary On Isaiah 5:5.63:18-19 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

As to the loss of their former honor: we are become, without a king, without the temple, as in the beginning, in Egypt, or even before the calling of Abraham: but you, O Lord, are among us, and your name is called upon by us, forsake us not (Jer 14:9).

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