Isaiah 1:21 (WEB)
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“I pray you, let not Zion the faithful city become a harlot: let it not be that where the Trinity has been entertained, there demons shall dance and owls make their nests, and jackals build.” — editor's note: Isa. i. 21.
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Basil the Great
“Who would not grieve over such things and say, “How is the faithful city become an harlot?”” — editor's note: Is. i. 21.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And the expression, “he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lion’s whelp,” refers to the three days’ sleep (death, couching) of Christ; as also Isaiah says, “How is faithful Sion become an harlot! it was full of judgment; in which righteousness lodged (couched); but now murderers.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 21.
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