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Isaiah 49:4

Eastern Fathers

Cyril of Alexandria

For it was a labor for the Word to come among us and to surrender himself to human fragility. But "my judgment" is the punishment of the Father that I [the Savior] have turned into a feast for their salvation. For that reason the judgment was taken away from him [the servant]. Just what sort of judgment was that? …

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Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

898. And I said. Here the Lord promises future benefits. And first, he promises exaltation to the prophet Isaiah; second, he promises liberation to the people: thus says the Lord the redeemer (Isa 49:7). Concerning the first, he does two things. …

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