Isaiah 1:19 (WEB)
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;
Catechism · 1
“The prophets of the Old Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled with love of neighbor.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Am 5:21-25; Isa 1:10-20.
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.57Book VI
“Such also is the view indicated by these words: “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land; but if ye refuse and rebel, a sword shall devour you.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. i. 19, 20.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“But if you be unwilling, and will not hear me, the sword shall consume you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19, 20.
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“Isaiah too: “If you are willing, and hear me, ye shall eat the good of the land; but if ye be unwilling, and will not hear me, the sword will consume you: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19, 20.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wash you, make you clean, put away evil from your hearts, learn to do well, seek judgment, protect the oppressed, judge the fatherless (pupillo), plead for the widow; and come, let us reason together, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. vii. 3; Zech. vii. 9, 10, Zech. viii. 17; Isa. i. 17–19.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…be willing, and hearken unto Me, ye shall eat the good things of the land: but if ye be not willing, neither hearken unto Me, the sword shall devour you, &c.: and again, As ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to…” — editor's note: Is. i. 19, 20.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.9Conference XIII
“But who can easily see how it is that the completion of our salvation is assigned to our own will, of which it is said: “If ye be willing, and hearken unto Me, ye shall eat the good things of the land,” and how it is “not of him that willeth or runneth, but of God that hath mercy?”” — editor's note: Is. i. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Learn to do well; judge the fatherless; plead for the widow,” that the earth may bring forth the green herb for meat, and the tree bearing fruit; and come let us reason together, saith the Lord, that there may be lights in the firmament of heaven, and that they may shine upon the earth.” — editor's note: Isa. i. 16, 19.
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Clement of Alexandria
““For if ye hear Me,” He says, “and be willing, ye shall eat the good things of the land:” this is the grace attached to obedience.” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19.
Read the whole comment“To these prophecy says, “If ye be willing and hear me, ye shall eat the good things of the land;” proving that choice or refusal depends on ourselves.” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19.
Read the whole comment“But if ye hear Me not, and are not willing, the sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19, 20.
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Tertullian
“So again in Isaiah, “Ye shall eat the good of the land,” the expression means the blessings which await the flesh when in the kingdom of God it shall be renewed, and made like the angels, and waiting to obtain the things “which neither eye hath seen, nor ear heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And if ye be willing, and hear my voice, ye shall eat the good of the land.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 16–19.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And if ye be willing and listen to me, ye shall eat of the good of the land; but if ye be unwilling, and will not hear me, the sword shall consume you; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 15–20.
Read the whole comment“For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 19.
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Cross-references · 18
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.53.
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Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.57.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.57.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.57.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Parallel passages
Genesis 45:18 and Isaiah 1:19 share the same wording (9 words).