Isaiah 49:1
Douay-Rheims
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.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
This address is to the converted Gentiles. Islands and peoples from afar are hero identical. a The prophet was chosen from the beginning of his existence : but the words especially suit Christ Himself. "Wl^t now appears obscure to the hearers, will afterwards be made known to all nations, when the angel Gabriel shall say to Joseph, concerning the child of the Yirgin: 'Ho shall save His people.*" St Jerome.
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1863 · Isaias 49:1
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