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Isaiah 49:21

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

We are to be a model for everyone around us, not just in our actions but also in our speech, in our chastity and in our faith. Let us be what we should wish others to think us, and let us show our feelings as they really are. We should never mutter a word that is unjust, even in our own heart, thinking to ourselves that it is hidden under a veil of silence; for the One who made the secret places hears words that are spoken in secret, and the One who implanted the power of thought in our innermost parts knows the hidden things that …

On the Duties of the Clergy 2.19.96 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

907. And you shall say in your heart. Here he excludes the second doubt. And first, he sets out their astonishment: and you shall say, because of astonishment, I was barren, because there were no men in me, who might beget children, I was destitute, of divine help, below: who has ever heard such a thing? (Isa 66:8). Second, he excludes this doubt, setting out the manner of the multitude of inhabitants: thus says the Lord, as to four things:

Commentary on Isaiah ↗