Isaiah 1:26 (WEB)
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Of this Jerusalem the prophet hath said, And afterwards thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, Zion, the faithful mother of cities; because of the law which went forth out of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem, which word has from hence been showered forth on the whole world.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 26.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.25Conference VII
“And again: “Like as silver and gold are tried in the furnace, so the Lord chooseth the hearts;” And again: “The fire tries gold and silver; but man is tried in the furnace of humiliation;” and this also: “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”” — editor's note: Is. i. 25, 26; Prov. xvii. 3 (LXX.); Ecclus. ii. 5; Heb. xii. 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“He added also these words: “And his arms and his feet like polished brass;” to denote the first calling of men, and the second calling like unto it, viz. of the Gentiles.” — editor's note: Isa. i. 26.
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John Chrysostom
“And the city, too, it is said, shall be called “the city of righteousness, the faithful city Sion.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 26, 27.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.25.