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my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased," neither Jacob nor Israel was mentioned. For it did not say, "Jacob my servant," "Israel my chosen one," but it brought it forth indefinitely, saying: "Behold my servant" and "my beloved." 9.15.5 Wherefore, since it is not found in the Hebrew of the prophecy, the name of Jacob and the name of Israel is marked with an obelus in the Septuagint, and is passed over in silence by the other interpreters, since it is not found in the Hebrew. 9.15.6 Hence it is reasonably not mentioned by the evangelist, being a Hebrew and setting forth the prophecy in accordance with the Hebrew scripture. Therefore, the things prophesied do not even in thought apply to the people of the circumcision, but only to the Christ of God, who is attested by the clarity and the foundation of the facts. For he alone proclaimed the coming "judgment to the Gentiles," having come quietly into the life of men, and establishing judgment on the earth; and not only "did he not break a bruised reed," but, if one may say so, he bound it up, raising and making strong the weak and "the brokenhearted." 9.15.7 And just as he did not overlook the weak and unsound and those in need of his healing, nor did he crush the repentant by condemning them, so also he did not quench those who persisted in evils and were inflamed by passions by hindering them from acting according to their own choice, nor did he punish any of them at the wrong time, deferring their deserved punishment to the time of the universal judgment. 9.15.8 Wherefore it is said: "and a smoldering wick he will not quench." And the saying "and in his name the Gentiles will hope" has clearly been fulfilled; for in the name of our savior Jesus Christ alone have the Christian nations hoped, taking upon themselves his name, as that of the father of the piety they have received. 9.15.9 For it was prophesied that he would be given "for a light" to none other than the Gentiles, and through him, according to the prophecy, the eyes of the blind, who were formerly maimed in their understanding, and not only these but also those whose very bodies were afflicted, were opened, and those who were bound with the bonds and chains of sins and who had formerly been wallowing in the darkness and ignorance of true piety, being loosed from their sins through him, have been deemed worthy of the light of knowledge and the freedom that is with God. 9.15.10 And if you at your leisure would examine the text in accordance with what has been given, you would find that each of the things signified by it has been precisely fulfilled in our Lord and Savior alone. 9.16.1 From the same. "I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up," "and the Seraphim stood round about him." Then, continuing, he says: "And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, Behold, I am here; send me. And he said, Go and say to this people, By hearing you will hear, and will not understand; and seeing you will see, and will not perceive. For the heart of this people has grown fat, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them." 9.16.2 You have the fulfillment of these things also in our Savior, according to John, who said: "Though he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For this reason they could not believe; for Isaiah said again: He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them. 9.16.3 These things Isaiah said, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him," and according to Matthew, when "his disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables? And he answered and said: To you it has been given

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