Isaiah 1:23 (WEB)
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Of these Esaias says: “Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving gifts, following after rewards, not judging the fatherless, and negligent of the cause of the widows.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 23.
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Justin Martyr
“No more do we wish to live like the rulers of your people, whom God reproaches when He says, ‘Your rulers are companions of thieves, lovers of bribes, followers of the rewards.’” — editor's note: Isa. i. 23.
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John Chrysostom
“For the Prophets ever rebuked them, saying, “Hear, ye rulers of Sodom”; and, “Thy rulers are disobedient” ( Isa. i. 10, 23 ); and again, “Is it not for you to know judgment?” ( Mic. iii. 1.)” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…or children in authority, immature in mind, not even having bread and clothing enough to be rulers over any; or prophets teaching lies, or rebellious princes, deserving to share the reproach of their elders for the straitness of the famine, or priests very far from speaking comfortably to Jerusalem, according to the…” — editor's note: Ib. i. 23.
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Clement of Alexandria
“He says also by Isaiah, “Thy princes are disobedient, companions of thieves, loving gifts, following after rewards, not judging the orphans.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 23.
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Cross-references · 4
Parallel passages
Isaiah 1:23 and Jeremiah 5:28 share the same wording (9 words).
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