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Isaiah 63:8

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Jerome

And He said: Yet My people are; sons not denying: and He became a Savior unto them. In all their affliction He was not afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them: in His love and in His pity He redeemed them, and He bore them, and carried them all the days of the age. 70: And he said: Not my people, the children will never reject. …

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Thomas Aquinas

1106. And first, he recalls the benefits, as to their escape from dangers, recalling his particular election: and he, namely, God, said: surely, although they may be against me, they are children that will not deny, namely, Abraham, or that will not deny, because they at least keep my faith: the Lord is my strength and my praise (Exod 15:2).

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