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Isaiah 21:9

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Jerome

Behold, here comes a chariot rider, a man riding in a pair of horses, and he answered and said: Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and all the idols of its gods are shattered on the ground. LXX: And behold, here comes a chariot rider, and answering he said: Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and all its idols, and its manufactured things, are shattered on the ground. Behold, he says, he is coming, indicating that he has seen this, the Lord Savior coming seated on a chariot, and joining together two animals, a donkey and a camel. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, he declares what he has seen: behold this man comes, as above; third, the punishment of Babylon: Babylon is fallen: you are taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware of it (Jer 50:24).

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