And now, says the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
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Athanasius the Apostolic
AD 373
In respect of nature, [Christ] differs in nothing from us, though he precedes us in time, so long as we all consist and are created by the same hand. - "Defense of the Nicencene Definition 3.9"
Will not. Hebrew, Septuagint, "to be gathered. "(Haydock)
The original text, independent of the Masorets, may have the sense of the Vulgate. Yet there are other proofs of the synagogue's rejection. (Calmet)
Protestants, "though Israel be not gathered, yet "Marginal note, or "that Israel may be gathered, and I may "(Haydock)