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Isaiah 9:1

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Jerome

In the first time, the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali were relieved, and in the last time the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was made heavy. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shone. LXX: Drink this first, quickly make it for the region of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali, and the rest of you who are near the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles. …

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Thomas Aquinas

297. At the first time the land of Zabulon. Here he sets out the mode and order of destruction: and first, according to the diversity of punishers; second according to the diversity of punishments, where it says, the Lord sent (Isa 9:8). The first of these is divided into three, according to the three persecutions made by the Assyrians into the land of the promise. 298. …

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