1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Isaiah 49:1 | Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. *The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. Jeremias 1:5.; Galatians 1:15. | Give. This fresh discourse continues to Isaias 56:9., relating to the Messias, who is introduced speaking to all the world, Acts 13:47., and 2 Corinthians 6:2. Some apply a part to Cyrus, Isaias, or John the Baptist, as to his figures. (Calmet) --- The prophet has foretold the conversion of the Gentiles, as he now does, like an evangelist. (St. Jerome) --- Many Jews will embrace the gospel at the end of time. (Worthington) |