If those fixed orders depart from before me,
says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ever. Like the Chanaanites and Ephraim during the captivity, Isaias vii. 8. God restored the latter. Yet they are again dispersed from above 17 centuries, so that this perpetuity, which shall equal the world's duration, belongs to the Church. (Calmet)
Israel remains, not in the incredulous Jews, but in those who with the apostles embraced and propagated the faith of Christ. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)