Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 40

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:456expounds v.2“ιερεις λαλησατε εις την καρδιαν Ιερουσαλημ παρακαλεσατε αυτην· οτι επλησθη η ταπεινωσις αυτης λελυται αυτης η αμαρτια· οτι εδεξατο εκ χειρος Κυριου δι”On the meaning of «O priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:884expounds v.2“ιερεις λαλησατε εις την καρδιαν Ιερουσαλημ παρακαλεσατε αυτην· οτι επλησθη η ταπεινωσις αυτης λελυται αυτης η αμαρτια· οτι εδεξατο εκ χειρος Κυριου δι”On: «Priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:917expounds v.2“ιερεις, λαλησατε εις την καρδιαν Ιερουσαλημ, παρακαλεσατε αυτην· οτι επλησθη η ταπεινωσις αυτης, λελυται αυτης η αμαρτια· οτι εδεξατο εκ χειρος Κυριου”238. Meaning of «Priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem» Maximus the ConfessorPG 90:421expounds v.3“φωνη βοωντος εν τη ερημω· ετοιμασατε την οδον Κυριου. ευθειας ποιειτε τας τριβους του Θεου ημων.”47. Meaning of «The voice of one crying in the wilderness», etc.

1Isa 40:1

Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:225A…the commentaries on Isaiah (written in the year 410), vol. IV, p. 6. Didymus, whose friendships we have recently enjoyed, from that place where it is written (Isa. xl, 1): "Comfort, comfort my people, you prie… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:997D…rophet saying: "Comfort, comfort my people, you priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem, that she has received from the hand of the Lord double for her sins" (Is. 40. 1, 2). And again: "Lord our God, give us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:561A…He says to Isaiah, Comfort, comfort my people, O priests, speak to the heart of Jerusalem, because she received from the hand of the Lord double her sins (Is. 40. 1, 2); and again, Give us peace, for Tho… OrigenesPG 16:1839…h isaiah chapter xl h original script column see facsimile comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your god speak ye to the heart of jerusalem the voice of one crying make straight in… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:57D…nd again, elsewhere he says: Comfort, comfort my people, speak to the heart of Jerusalem, for she has received from the hand of the Lord double for her sins (Isa. 40. 1-2). And again the prophet: Lord, give us… Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:343A…ld man replied to him with this opinion of Abba Anthony: "This voice comes from the person of the Lord, saying: 'Comfort, comfort my people, says the Lord.' " (Isa. XL, 1). 88. A brother asked Abba Poemen thus…

2Isa 40:2

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:275…have delivered such a one unto satan and the prophet says because she hath received of the lord's hand double for her sins and again david look upon mine enemies for they are multiplied above the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:867D…nd again, I have delivered such a one unto Satan (1 Cor. xi. 30 and v. 5). And the prophet says: He has received from the hand of the Lord double for his sins (Isa. xl. 2): and again David, See my enemies, that… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:799…fort her, therefore. But by saying what? Truly, that the Lord of all has ceased from the wrath that was stirred up against them. "Her humiliation is complete" (Isa. XL, 2): for she has been humiliated, he says,…

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7Isa 40:7

Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1045…he donned, a minister of ruin. Because among his own he had sometimes read oikon phylakes (a house of guard), among other places in 1 Sam. xx, 3; Isaiah xl, 7. Of the same habit is that: Of water turned to wine in the… OrigenesPG 16:1839…god into the plain for the spirit of the lord hath blown upon it surely the people is grass the grass hath withered the flower hath fallen but the word of our god shall stand forever…

8Isa 40:8

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:111B…irely the same. Nor, because He became man (for the same thing must be repeated), was He changed; but, as it is written, The word of the Lord abides forever (Isa. XL, 8). Indeed, just as before the incarnatio… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:663…withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away" (Isa. 40:6-7). But of the glory of God it is not so; but how? "The word of the Lord abideth forever" (Isa. 40:8). And this is manifest even in this woman. For kings and ge… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2333…the people withered towards whom has the flower flowed away instead of but the word of our god shall stand forever symmachus says but the word of our god shall stand forever the voice that was… OrigenesPG 16:1839…the people is grass the grass hath withered the flower hath fallen but the word of our god shall stand forever get thee up upon a high mountain thou that evangelizest sion exalt thy voice with… OrigenesPG 16:1841…blew upon it truly the people is grass and the flower fell but the word of our god shall stand forever thou that evangelizest sion evangelizest jerusalem his he shall feed his flock and in his…

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11Isa 40:11

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:165…power behold his reward is with him and his work before him he shall feed his flock like a shepherd and shall gather the lambs with his arm and shall comfort those that are with young… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1223…dominion behold his reward is with him and his work before him he shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and shall carry those that are with young… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:369…he shall perform with strength and with his so called arm vers he shall feed his flock like a shepherd this was fulfilled at his first advent wherein emptying himself and taking the form of a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:771…a shepherd he gave his soul for the flock therefore isaiah says he shall feed his flock like a shepherd and shall gather the lambs with his arm isai today if you will hear his voice… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:813…before him as a shepherd he will tend his flock and will gather the lambs with his arm and will comfort those with young and again then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and…

12Isa 40:12

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:537…other times theologizing in this way who hath measured the waters with the hollow of his hand and the heaven with a span and all the earth with a measure who hath weighed the mountains in… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1029C…om you brought these, O daughter, has no need for you to teach him the quantity of the weight. For He who weighed the mountains and the forests with a balance (Isa. XL, 12), knows much better the quantity of you… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:103A…ed the water with his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth with a handful? Who has set the mountains in a scale, and the valleys in a balance?" ⟦Isa. XL, 12.⟧ Through these words, I think the prop… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:293…circle of the earth or rather who encompasses the whole of it in the hollow of his hand and measures the heavens with a span who upholds all things by the word of his power the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:119B…g us by means of names familiar to us those things which are above us. For even when He says, "Who measures the heaven with a span, and the earth with a palm" (Is. 40:12), He does not mean a span or a palm, bu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:769…isaiah for that one says who holds the ends of the earth in the hollow of his hand and again who has set the mountains in a balance and the groves in a scale isai for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:771D…all I receive under a roof Him, "who covers his chambers with waters" (Ps. 103:3)? How will a vile lodging receive Him who "measures the heaven with his palm" (Is. 40:12)? What roof will contain Him who contai… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1459B…et, holds all things in His hand. “For who,” he says, “hath measured the waters with his hand, and the heaven with a span, and the whole earth with his palm?” (Isa. xl, 12). And again David: “For in his hand are… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:445…both in essence and power and the prophet isaiah also cries out who hath measured the waters in his hand and meted out heaven with his span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:115…l alone: as if forgetting all these things, you make him subject to passions, and you lay down a law that a passible God should be worshipped,” etc. ⟦Isaiah XL, 12. ibid. 22.⟧ XI. They returned to Antioch, at which time the… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:235…heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool and again he weighed the mountains in scales and the earth in a palm and again if i go up into heaven you are present if i… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:229A…years shall not fail" (Ps. CI, 28); and again: "He who numbers the multitudes of the stars, and measures the heaven with a span, and the earth with his fist" (Isa. XL, 12). He is the Creator of aeons, in that h… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:533D…s, said: "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" (Isa. liii, 1). And again: "I have with my hand established the heavens" (Isa. xl, 12). And again: "For I am the Lord thy God… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1153…attain the knowledge of the god of all for who he says hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and weighed the heavens with his palm who hath weighed the mass of the… OrigenesPG 16:1839…feed his flock lambs and he shall carry them in his bosom who hath measured the waters in his palm in a triple measure versions of the hebraic text comfort ye comfort ye my people saith… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:459A…rcumscribed in any place, nor is He smaller than heaven; but the heavens are the works of His fingers (Psal. VIII, 4), and the whole earth is held in His palm (Isa. XL, 12); He is in all things, and outside of a… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1019B…you, a tiny and weak little man, the land of India is far from Gothia, and Spain from Persia. But to God, who holds the whole earth in the hollow of his hand (Isa. XL, 12), all things are near. Do not, therefor…

13Isa 40:13

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:739C…t learn from this how great is the interval by which it is distant from the creature. For indeed he says elsewhere, “For who hath known the mind of the Lord?” (Is. 40.13). That he does not exclude the Son or t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:951…men? Truly His judgments are unsearchable, and His ways past finding out. For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? (Isa. 40:13). Perhaps none of us thinks himself worthy of baptism, or k… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1575B…o judge their maker; indeed, the reasons for His Providence are not even known to us. "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?" (Isa. XL, 13; Rom. XI, 34). If His counsel and will… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1263C…all it be; and as I have devised in my mind, so shall it remain. Where are your wise men? and let them announce to you what the Lord Sabaoth has devised." Isa. xl, 13, 28. — "Who has known the mind of the L…

15Isa 40:15

Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:587…showed him judgment or who showed him the way of understanding all the nations are as a drop from a bucket and are counted as the turning of a balance and shall be counted as spittle… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:617…also the significance of spittle in another place when isaiah says all nations are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as spittle by this then it is shown that even that people like… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:371…no existence whatever b if all nations are as a drop from a bucket and are counted as the turning of a balance they shall be considered as spittle but lebanon is not sufficient for burning… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:67…of Christ? But what do I say, to his spittle? Not even to his hem. "For all nations," as Isaiah says, "as a drop of a bucket, and shall be counted as saliva" (Isa. 40:15). But in what way you said he committed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:713D…ds the circle of the earth, and those who dwell in it as locusts" (Is. 40:22); and elsewhere he says, "As a drop from a bucket are all the nations before Him" (Is. 40:15). Do not simply pass over the word, but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:211C…l become one grave. “As a drop of water from a vessel,” he says, “so are the nations before Him; they shall be reputed as spittle, as the moment of a balance” (Isa. 40:15). Just as it is easy for us to move a s… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1735…into the way of the gentiles what it means i all nations are counted as the small dust of the balance and as spittle iii the kind of seed is not virtue i one should not… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1371B…ering, and all the nations are as nothing, and are accounted as nothing before Him; to whom will you liken the Lord? And to what likeness will you liken Him?” [Isa. XL, 15–18]. Such great benefit did Nabuchodonosor… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:4137…nations few are included nations formerly blind have now obtained sight all nations are as a drop of a bucket nations are the sons of the israelites all nations will hope in christ the hand of… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1153…the power of god for if all nations he says are reputed as a drop of a bucket and as a moment of a balance and as spittle to whom have you likened the lord or…

17Isa 40:17

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:765A…of them should perish, God does not perceive it nor care, as if they were not numbered; as it is written: All nations are before him as if they had no being (Isa. 40:17). Are sparrows, then, better than sinne…

18Isa 40:18

John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1079B…ve." (Ps. cxxxviii, 6) "Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it." (Eccl. i, 18) "He who adds knowledge, adds sorrow." (Isa. xl, 18, 19) "To whom have you likened the Lord…

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26Isa 40:26

Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:247…who is great and strong and what follows these and isaiah says lift up your eyes on high and see who has created all these now some say that pestilences hail and storms and the like… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:473…itself so that it may perfectly contemplate sublime things as in isaiah lift up your eyes on high and see who has shown all these things and the savior when he is about to speak the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:191…earth and the heavens are the works of thy hands and again lift up your eyes on high and see who hath showed forth all these things and let these things be said against the first… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1057…of god and the firmament showeth his handywork likewise that of isaiah lift up your eyes on high and behold who hath created these things and this for by the greatness and beauty of the creatures… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:373…you likened me and i shall be exalted says the holy one lift up your eyes on high and see who has shown all these things he who brings out their array by number he shall… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1193B…outh, she put in the fruit. Would that there had been force! For force does not procure death, but grants that one might be forgiven. But as it is written ⟦40: Isa. XL, 26. 41: Isa. v, 4⟧ let us see, that we may… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:817…you likened me and the holy one said i shall be exalted lift up your eyes on high and see who has shown all these things he who brings forth his host by number he will… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…hing escapes His knowledge, according to that saying: "He who numbers the hosts of the stars" (Ps. CXLVI, 4). And that saying: "He will call them all by name" (Isa. XL, 26). Yes, even to the sparrows, the Savior… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:953C…m the magnitude and beauty of the works, their maker is rightly perceived. And Isaiah also says: "Lift up your eyes, and see who hath showed all these things" [Isa. XL, 26]. But there is no bodily magnitude in H… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:169C…ther," and to the wood, "You have begotten me," according to the voice of the prophet (Jerem. ii, 27); and not to look up into the heaven, as Isaiah cries out (Isa. xl, 26), and to consider who it is that shows…

27Isa 40:27

Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…my righteousness unto generations of generations and again my way is hidden from the lord and my judgment is passed over from my god hast thou not known hast thou not heard the lord the everlasting…

28Isa 40:28

Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…from the lord and my judgment is passed over from my god hast thou not known hast thou not heard the lord the everlasting god who created the ends of the earth shall not faint neither… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:205…the ends of the earth shall not hunger nor grow weary and there is no searching of his understanding but if they say that god as though disdaining to create other things made the son alone… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:227…it is written concerning god he shall not hunger nor thirst and there is no searching of his understanding but this one did both hunger and thirst how is it that he tired from the journey… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:275…shall not labor nor shall he thirst nor shall he hunger and there is no searching of his understanding d and those same things are seen to be perfect in the son he is alien they… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:71…it is written of god he shall not hunger nor thirst and there is no searching of his understanding yet on the other hand concerning the son we read that he hungered in the wilderness after… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:71D…speaking of Him more sublimely, and treating in his oration that He is removed from affection. For another prophet says: "He shall not hunger, nor labor" (Is. 40:28): and he who had said with him "I grow… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:605D…ures, but one eternal nature, revealed in one Trinity. Hear what the blessed Isaiah says: "God is the great, the eternal, who fashioned the ends of the earth" (Is. 40. 28). Who is the one who fashioned it? If t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:535B…es the prophet Isaiah say: "The great God shall not hunger, neither shall he thirst, nor shall he be fatigued, and there is no searching of his understanding" (Isa. 40:28)? But Matthew the Evangelist also write… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:587A…fed them with his own word. And the prophet Isaiah says, "The eternal God shall not hunger, neither shall he toil" (Isa. 40:28). Now, that Christ is God is manifest t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:609…the word of god the glory of the ephesians and the herald of the ends of the earth the lyre of theology worthily called theologian the cherubic mouth and the seraphic mystery teacher or even if… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1083…the senseless for as the prophet says god is eternal god is the creator of the ends of the earth he shall not hunger nor grow weary nor is there any searching of his understanding vers… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:445…the earth he shall not hunger neither shall he be weary and there is no searching of his understanding d… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:461…and indeed also because he will not hunger nor will he toil there is no searching of his understanding but concerning the appearing of the word in the flesh it is said if i had not… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:807B…ne Word! He who carries every created thing by a mere nod, concerning whom the prophetic proclamation says: "The eternal God shall not hunger, nor grow weary" (Isa. XL, 28), this one travels, and grows weary, an… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:435…ends of the earth shall not hunger neither shall he weary and there is no searching of his understanding b for he rather gives strength to those who hunger and by his own word refreshes those…

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Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…not faint neither is weary there is no searching of his understanding he giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength and vigor even the youths shall faint and…

30Isa 40:30

Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…and to them that have no might he increaseth strength and vigor even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall but they that wait upon the lord shall renew…

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