Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 59

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Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:119…the hand of the lord then not strong to save or is his ear heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have divided between you and god and because of your sins he has turned… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:453C…face from me." And whence does the turning away happen? God Himself says through Isaiah: "Is my hand not powerful? But your sins separate between me and you" (Isa. LIX, 1–2). When, then, we do something wicked, H… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1503…lix ver is my hand shortened that it cannot save or is his ear heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated between you and your god and because of your sins he hath… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1661D…t not in the power of the Lord to save? But because of your sins He has turned His face from you, for no one speaks what is just, nor is there true judgment.» (Isa. LIX, 1-3). Another says: «How good it is for one… Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:825…the hand of the lord short that it cannot save nor is his ear heavy that it cannot hear but our sins have separated us from him and our iniquities have caused him to turn his… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:77B…ude of his sins. Therefore Isaiah says: “Is not the hand of the Lord able to save? Or is it not able to deliver? But your sins stand between you and the Lord” (Isa. lix, 1-2). Then the bride adds and says: LXXV.… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:179B…ying: Is the hand of the Lord not strong enough to save, or has He made His ear heavy so that He cannot hear? But your sins separate between you and God (Isa. LIX, 1, 2). II. Homily on the passage from… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:89B…elief is to live with virtue, even if we are punished. For sins separate us from God, just as He Himself says: "Do not your sins separate between you and Me?" (Isa. 59: 2). But punishments bring us to God; for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:839C…attered by the Romans. For Isaiah says about those who led Christ to the cross: "Because of our sins God has turned his face from us, and left us in our sins" (Is. 59:2). If Christ himself were not he who was… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:377…does He not hand over, but He does not even forsake us, unless we ourselves are unwilling. Hear what He says: Do not your sins separate between me and you? (Isa. 59:2); and again: They that depart from the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:39A…the enmity in the flesh the middle wall, which separates both us and them from God, as the prophet says: "Do not your iniquities separate between me and you?" (Isa. 59:2). And rightly so: for they were like a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:267D…They that withdraw themselves from thee shall perish," he says (Ps. lxxii, 27); and again, "Shall not your iniquities make a division between me and you?" (Isa. lix, 2). How, therefore, comes this distant de… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:959…save or is my ear become heavy so that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated between you and me b by these words he indeed declared the inclination of his mind that he is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1503…it cannot save or is his ear heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated between you and your god and because of your sins he hath turned his face away from you that… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1151A…my God I will overleap a wall [Ps. XVII, 30]. And another says as if from the person of God: Are not your iniquities those which divide between you and me? [Isa. LIX, 2]. Let us break through, my friends, the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1371B…only does no such thing to anyone, but neither does He abandon [him], unless we abandon Him. For He says: "Your sins create a division between me and you" (cf. Isa. LIX, 2). And again He says: "You have forgotte… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:119…has turned his face from you that he should not have mercy for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity your lips have spoken iniquity and your tongue meditates wickedness no one… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1303…turned his face from you so that he might not show mercy for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins your lips have spoken iniquity and your tongue meditates upon injustice no… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1305…and those from the blood of israel he introduces them saying a for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins your lips have spoken iniquity and your tongue meditates injustice for they… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1503…hath turned his face away from you that he will not hear for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity your lips have spoken lie and your tongue meditateth unrighteousness none speaketh… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1505…and those of the blood of israel he brings forth saying a for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins your lips have spoken iniquity and your tongue meditates injustice for they… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:461…being given over to bodily care h chapter lix h a ver for your hands are defiled with blood he foretells all things that were plotted against the saviour for with their lips they meditated unjust… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:637…entered into deep and iniquitous counsel s let isaiah say to them for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins your tongue has spoken iniquity and your mouth premeditates wickedness no one… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2599…turned his face from you so that he might not have mercy for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins etc having concluded the discussion about the performance of deeds and about… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:485…he turned his face from you that he might not have mercy for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with sins your lips spoke iniquity and your tongue meditates injustice no one speaks… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:185B…o things pleasing to themselves, which will profit them nothing." Isa. xlix, 4. — "I said, I have labored in vain; I have given my strength for nothing." Isa. lix, 4. — "They trust in vanities and speak em… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:119…a basilisk their web shall not be for a garment c nor shall they cover themselves with their works for their works are works of iniquity and their feet run to wickedness they are swift to… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:485…i mean the basilisk their web shall not be for a garment neither shall they cover themselves with their works their works are works of iniquity and their feet run to wickedness swift to shed blood… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1307…be destitute of protection and covering especially the divine one vers for their works are works of iniquity and their feet run to wickedness swift to shed blood their thoughts are thoughts of murder destruction and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1309…he has shown their detestable and most iniquitous life for he said their works are works of iniquity and has enumerated these in minute detail d and what they are and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1507…be destitute of protection and especially of that from god vers for their works are works of iniquity and their feet run to wickedness swift to shed blood their thoughts are thoughts of murder destruction and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1509…having suffered this by a just reckoning for he says that all their works are works of iniquity and in these words there is effectively a true refutation of their entire life he runs through each… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1081…in doing evil but they have not known how to do good their works are works of iniquity and their feet run into mischief jeremiah xiii if the ethiopian shall change his skin or the leopard… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:639…also admonishes saying my son let not ungodly men deceive thee for their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood and covet not the reproaches of evil men neither desire their ways… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:75D…of the healthy. For it is not imputed to the feet as a vice that they tread the earth, but that they run toward evil: for "Their feet," he says, "run to evil" (Isa. 59:7). Therefore, he says, let not the eyes… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:769…. And there is no judgment in their ways: for their paths which they walk are perverse, and they know not peace. Therefore judgment is far from them" (Isa. lix, 7-9). And blessed, and thrice blessed, are they who are assault… OrigenesPG 16:1283…midst of us my son walk not in the way restrain for their feet run to evil and they shall hasten to shed blood of all who covet the covetousness of gain the soul of its… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:623…after the seven and sixty two weeks the anointing shall be destroyed and there is no judgment in it b has become manifest to everyone you will see even more clearly how the statement and there… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:485…peace i give unto you my peace i leave with you c and there is no judgment in their ways for their paths are crooked which they traverse and they have not known peace for while… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:769…in their ways and the way of peace they have not known and there is no judgment in their ways for their paths which they walk are perverse and they know not peace therefore judgment is… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:363…after the sixty two weeks he says the anointing will be exterminated and there is no judgment in it it is clear therefore that he set the sixty two weeks first and after these the seven… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:271A…ve. For he remained unbelieving, and as the prophet says: "Having expected light, it became darkness for them; having expected sunshine, they walked in gloom" (Isa. LIX, 9). But when the divine Paul writes t… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:589A…the word of the divine Isaiah had its fulfillment in him, who said: “They shall grope like the blind for a wall, and as if they had no eyes, they shall grope” (Isa. LIX, 10). Such a wall, strong and secure, had b… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1285C…rous around midday. And in this sense I understand that which was said by Isaiah concerning the impious and lost men: They shall flee in the midday darkness (Isa. lix, 10), that is, they shall flee from the hig… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:399…his brethren and having looked this way and that way and when he saw that there was no man he slew the egyptian and hid him in the sand and when he went out the second… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:487…defended them with his arm and established them with his mercy and he put on righteousness as a breastplate and placed upon his head a helmet of salvation and put on a garment of vengeance and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1517…with his arm and with mercy by which he established them and he put on righteousness as a breastplate and placed the helmet of salvation upon his head and he clothed himself with a garment of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:459…for the god of all disciplines for the sake of profit and he put on righteousness as a breastplate and placed a helmet of salvation upon his head and clothed himself with a garment of vengeance… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:463…of discipline for god disciplines for the benefit of all vers and he put on righteousness as a breastplate the prophetic b discourse presents to us the god of all as a certain general armed against… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:143…and clothed himself with the breastplate of righteousness d and placed the helmet of salvation upon his head and covered his feet to announce the gospel of peace then the shield of faith and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…the adulterer and the harlot h caput xxx h and they shall fear the name of the lord from the west and from the rising of the sun his glorious name for the wrath of the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1349…lord o you children praise the name of the lord blessed be the name of the lord from this time forth and for evermore in the preceding psalm the word having depicted every man who has… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:487…will render retribution was a reproach to the adversaries and they shall fear the name of the lord from the west and the glorious name from the rising of the sun for the wrath of the… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:965…the incarnate presence then he says the gospel itself said to mary the spirit of the lord shall come upon you and did not say the spirit of the lord shall be within you wherefore through… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2613…it reasonable in the promise of good things for aquila says that the spirit of the lord shall come as a river a sign unto him but symmachus he shall come as a river wearing away… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2617…redeemer or kinsman redeemer of whom he said above that they would fear the name of the lord from the rising of the sun and from the west this holy and pious institution of life is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:259D…does everywhere, as when he says the prophet says: There shall come out of Sion he who shall deliver, and he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (Rom 11:26; Isa 59:20). And this is the covenant to them from… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:665A…e Deliverer will come," he says, "and will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; and this is My covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins" (Rom. 11:26, Isa. 59:20). Certainly, one ought not to wait for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:727D…quire the redemption of Jerusalem; but rather wait, as it is said: "He shall come from Zion who would liberate, and he shall turn away the ungodly from Jacob" (Isa. 59. 20; Rom. 11. 26). This is the second adven… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1253…and he shall turn away iniquities from jacob saith the lord and this is my covenant with them saith the lord my spirit which is upon thee and my words which i have put in thy… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:487…to him vers and this is for them the covenant from me saith the lord my spirit that is upon thee and the words which i have put in thy mouth and they shall not fail… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:539…me and his spirit and after a little he says thus and this is my covenant with them saith the lord my spirit which is upon thee and further in what follows he adds saying no… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:453…given into thy mouth shall not fail out of thy mouth and out of the mouth of thy seed calling those he has called to adoption his seed and again from the person of the son… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1319…to them from me says the lord my spirit is upon you and my words which i have put in your mouth shall not fail from your mouth and from the mouth of your seed for… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1597…unto my soul the reward of the existence let israel hope in the lord from henceforth and for ever imitating me psalm cxxxi lord remember david and all his meekness the people who have returned from… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:959…spirit and again this is the covenant from me to them says the lord my spirit that is upon thee c and again the spirit of the lord is upon me for the sake of which… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:425B…descended into Hades, he plundered the wealth of the devil, saying to those in bonds, “Go forth,” and to those in darkness, “Be revealed,” as the prophet says (Isa. lix, 25). And having raised his own temple on t…