Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 4
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Expounded by the Fathers
John ChrysostomPG 56:54expounds v.1“Και επιληψονται επτα γυναικες ανθρωπου ενος λεγουσαι· τον αρτον ημων φαγομεθα και τα ιματια ημων περιβαλουμεθα πλην το ονομα το σον κεκλησθω εφ᾿ ημας,”On the prophecy of the seven women: «And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, etc.»
1Isa 4:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:229…cast upon the ground then there will lay hold seven women desiring one man saying we will eat our own bread and be covered with our own garments only let thy name be called over us…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1583…wife died and what follows b isaiah indeed says in the prophecy seven women shall take hold of one man saying we will eat our bread and we will be clothed with our garments only let…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:113…but also of soft and effeminate souls h caput iv h and seven women shall take hold of one man saying we will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel only let thy name…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:333…pearl which we have been entrusted with h chapter iv h and seven women shall take hold of one man saying we will eat our own bread and wear our own garments but let thy name…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:335…the lord who is not one of many but is the one saying we will eat our own bread that is we will remain in our own manner of substance for we shall be a shadow…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:515A…will entreat one Lord with these words: "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own garments. Only let your name be invoked upon us: take away our reproach" (Isa. iv, 1). For seven legal books testify to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:125…of dishonor and shall serve our enemies h chapter iv verse and seven women shall take hold of one man saying we will eat our own bread and wear our own garments only let your name…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:127…to say many shall lay hold of one man and say 'we will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing only let your name be called upon us take away our reproach ' do…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1071…isaiah frequently indicates this very thing enigmatically for he says c and seven women shall take hold of one man saying 'we will eat our own bread and we will wear our own clothing only let…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1243…from births and labors and conceptions the prophet isaiah also says that seven women shall take hold of one man saying we will eat our own bread and wear our own garments only let thy name…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1579…Hexaemeron. 1322. Of dogmas, or names. 1394. He alludes to the name of Manes, as Nicephorus [does], book VI, ch. 31. 1531. Ambrose, book II, ch. 8; Isaiah IV, 1. 1549. Pliny, book XXXII, ch. 9 and 10; Cicero, II De Natu…
Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 148:1411…that those seven women of whom isaiah the prophet speaks thus 'seven women shall take hold of one man and shall say let your name be called upon us' are the seven spirits which the prophet…
2Isa 4:2
Hermas fl. c. 100-160 ADPG 2:1033…rem. XXIII, 6, and XXXIII, 16. And a little later it is said about the Messiah (35): Οὗτος ὁ βλαστὸς Θεοῦ Ὑψίστου. Hic est germen DEI altissimi: from Isaiah IV, 2. In the Testament of Zebulun (36): Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀνατελεῖ…
3Isa 4:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:55…that what is left of israel in sion and what is left in jerusalem shall be called holy all who are written unto life in jerusalem c that you may know that those who escaped the…
4Isa 4:4
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1045…time of liberty c the word himself cleansed with his own hands the filth of the daughters of zion washing the feet of the disciples for this is the end of the human race inheriting god…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1681…fire which the wise God uses. He means, however, the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, of which mention is made in the places cited a little later, Is. IV, 4, and Mal. III, 2. This fire indeed Clem…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1197…of sion and shall cleanse the blood from the midst of her by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning and it was a testament to them from god that it should be…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:601D…ash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Sion, and shall purge the blood from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning (Isa. IV, 4). And concerning the Chaldeans he says…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:113…the filth of the sons and daughters of sion and will purge the blood of jerusalem from the midst of them by the spirit of judgment and the spirit…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:339…the filth of the sons and daughters of zion and will purge the blood of jerusalem from the midst thereof in the spirit of judgment and in the spirit of burning these words clearly herald the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1217…d by aliens, like Samson, 455. Transgressions committed through ignorance need ablution, 475. Those, however, which lead to death are called blood in Isaiah iv, 4, and need the judgment of burning, 475. Those who link a se…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:491A…e spirits, and cast out spirits with a word, and did not allow them to speak [Marc. I, 34]. It is called also a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning [Isa. IV, 4]. It is also called a spirit of the wo…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1011…of sion and shall purge the blood from the midst of them by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning a does it follow then palladius that the manner of the righteousness which…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:251…a vers and he will cleanse the blood of jerusalem from the midst of it by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning by this blood he…
Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:683…heavenly life written by the only begotten son of god that he washed away the filth of the sons and daughters of sion he says refers to those who believed and that he purged the blood…
114Isa 4:114
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:921…, a mark, a reproof, a crime; as, 1167, of envy. IV, 219, graphas pollas (many scriptures) the eunuch had not read, but one place and testimony of Isaiah. IV, 1145, graphēn, the accusation of Joseph to Potiphar, made by…