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Isaiah 65:24

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Jerome

And before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear. LXX: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer them: while they are yet speaking, I will hear. When they cry out, they are immediately heard, and when they speak, the Lord will say, 'Here I am.' All these things we also see fulfilled according to the letter in the Acts of the Apostles. For all the nations could not have believed in such a short time unless their faith had been somehow forced out by the miracles of signs. …

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Thomas Aquinas

Fourth, as to the hearing of their prayers: and it shall come to pass, that before they call, with their mouth, above: at the voice of your cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer you (Isa 30:19).

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