I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hear. Hitherto the prophet had been distracted by the thought of his people's misery. (St. Augustine)
In me, is not expressed in Hebrew.
Heart. Some of the ancients add, "to him. "(Calmet)
The Septuagint seem to have had a copy different from the present Hebrew, "But let them not turn again to folly "(Protestants; Haydock) though the sense is much the same. They may have read lobom lie, "their heart to God "(Berthier) or lobsle, (Calmet) "the heart, Sela "instead of lecisla, "to folly. "(Haydock)
Those Israelites who had given way to idolatry, were little inclined to return to their own country, at the invitation of Cyrus. Though Christ came to save all, only men of good will obtained his peace, Luke ii. 4., and John i. 5. (Calmet)
There is no peace for the wicked, Isaias xlviii. 22., and Philippians iv. 9. (Berthier)
The redemption of the world was here revealed. (Worthington) (Menochius)
