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Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.15“Ταδε λεγει Κυριος ο Υψιστος ο εν υψηλοις κατοικων τον αιωνα αγιος εν αγιοις ονομα αυτω Κυριος Υψιστος εν αγιοις αναπαυομενος και ολιγοψυχοις διδους μα”On the meaning of the concluding liturgical hymns: «One is holy, one is Lord»
1Isa 57:1
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:511D…dulterers and children of a harlot. In whom have you delighted, and against whom have you opened your mouth, and against whom have you let loose your tongue?" (Isa. LVII, 1-4). 17. It is not, however, the case… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1251…heart and righteous men are taken away and no one understands for the righteous is taken away from the face of iniquity his burial shall be in peace he is taken from the midst but you… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:473…heart and righteous men are taken away and no one considers for the righteous is taken away from the face of iniquity and how were those whose souls were blind to understand for if they had… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1415A…rd is the death of his saints. Prov. X, 7. — The memory of the just is with praises. Prov. XI, 10. — In the praising of the just, many peoples will rejoice. Isa. LVII, 1. — From before the unrighteous the just… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1203…of christ concerning the death of the same isaiah says the just perisheth and no man layeth it to heart indeed his resurrection item the just is taken away from the face of malice and his… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:873B…i, 26, 28). For just as the "perishing" of a man is spoken of, according to the saying: "Behold how the righteous has perished, and no man layeth it to heart" (Isa. lvii, 1); and this, while a resurrection is exp…
9Isa 57:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:727D…y to have happened; namely, "I have left my house, I have dismissed my inheritance"; and "He delivered the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death" (Isa. 57. 9). When he says, therefore, "Head with f…
11Isa 57:11
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:553…is everywhere; yet in the heart of the fool, He is not. God said to the synagogue: Because you did not take me into your mind, but cast me behind your back (Is. 57, 11; 3, 14). The first fool from himsel… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1355D…hall be to thee for a sanctification.» Isa. xlii, 10. — «Sing to the Lord a new canticle: His sovereignty is glorified from the ends of the earth.» Isa. lvii, 11. — «For that thou hast not remembered M…
13Isa 57:13
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1269…a squall and a storm d vers but they who rely on me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain and they shall say clear the ways from before it and remove the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:451…this reason you did not entreat me those who hold fast to me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain and events testify to these words for those who have believed in him… OrigenesPG 16:1937…will not profit you let your gatherings deliver you he who trusts in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain and he shall say make the way straight that it shall go… Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:887…we shall remain in distress for he himself says they that follow me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain which we also shall possess if we fulfill his law and hear that…
15Isa 57:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:475D…custom. Thus also Paul: But He who consoles the humble, has consoled us (2 Cor. VII, 6). And again, Who gives to those who are faint-hearted, patience (Is. LVII, 15). Furthermore, this very prophet also e… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:875…to do so? And again the same in his commentaries on Isaiah: Thus says the Lord, who dwells in the heights; for the Spirit of the Lord shall go forth from me [Isa. 57:15, LXX]; but how he goes forth, he declar…
16Isa 57:16
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1067A…ot ὑπελείφθη. The Vulgate, however, bears something else: "Thither were they gathered together one to another." But that other passage from the same prophet is Isa. LVII, 16: "Every breath" (flatum), I wrote no… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1349D…a. xlv, 7-12. — ‹I am the Lord God, the one who forms light and makes darkness. I made the earth and man upon it. I with my hand have established the heaven.› Isa. lvii, 16. — ‹A spirit shall go forth from Me, an… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:393C…ilent; shall I also for ever be silent and endure?" Isa. xlii, 14. "I will not be angry with you for ever, nor shall the voice of injustice trample upon you." Isa. lvii, 16. "I have stretched forth my hands to a… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:875…s in the heights; for the Spirit of the Lord shall go forth from me [Isa. 57:15, LXX]; but how he goes forth, he declared, saying: Every spirit have I made [Isa. 57:16]; for he is the Father of spirits; he i… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:761B…mmanded them, and His Spirit gathered them" (Isa. XXXIV, 15, 16); where is the Son? If he says: "A spirit will go forth from me, and I have made every breath" (Isa. LVII, 16); where is the Son? If David says: "And…
17Isa 57:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:283B…n I grieved him for a little, and I struck him, and I turned my face away from him: and he was grieved, and walked sadly; and I healed him, and comforted him (Isa. 57:17-18). But the most impious king will be a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:73D…g about one who had sinned, he said: "For a sin I grieved him for a little while, and I saw that he was grieved, and he went about downcast, and I healed his" (Is. 57.17, 18). And Paul says: "For godly sorrow… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:651B…t profitable; which when Isaiah wished to explain to us, he spoke thus—or rather, God through Isaiah: “Because of sin I have grieved him for a little while” (Isa. 57. 17). Not even as their sins deserved, he s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:81B…downcast; for not even this is a small or useless thing. "For I have seen," he says, "that he was grieved, and walked in sadness, and I have healed his ways" (Is. LVII, 17). And let all of us, through almsgiving… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:313C…, and walked sadly in the ways of his heart. I have seen his ways, and I have healed him, and I have comforted him, and I have given him true consolation." Isa. LVII, 17, 18. "Behold, I have sold you, not for…
21Isa 57:21
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097C…ime, can rejoice. But let him rejoice before the Lord, not with the joy of the impious and sinners. For there is no rejoicing, saith the Lord, to the wicked [Isa. 57, 21], seeing they have their festive joy in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1155…. xxvi, 10): "Let the impious be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord." (Isa. xlviii, 22): "There is no joy for the impious, saith the Lord." (Isa. lvii, 21): "If you depart from me, what more wil…