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Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
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Verse 1. Give. This fresh discourse continues to Calmet. 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 the Baptist, as to his figures. Calmet.—The prophet has foretold the conversion of the Gentiles, as he now does, like an evangelist. Saint Jerome—Many Jews will embrace the gospel at the end of time. Worthington.
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