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Isaiah 44:28

Western Saints

Jerome

I say to Cyrus: you are my shepherd, and you will fulfill all my desires. I say to Jerusalem: you will be rebuilt; and to the temple: you will be founded. LXX: I say to Cyrus, so that he may understand, and do all my will; I say to Jerusalem, you will be built: and I will establish my holy house. He also says to Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who first destroyed Babylon and the Chaldeans: you are my shepherd, or as the Septuagint translated, so that you may understand. The reason for this difference is clear. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Third, as to the exaltation of the liberator: who say to Cyrus: you are my shepherd, feeding my sheep: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd (Ezek 34:23). Fourth, as to the reestablishment of the temple: who say to Jerusalem; your foundations shall be laid, for in the time of Cyrus, only the foundations of the temple remained standing: Jerusalem will be built up again (Jer 30:18).

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