Isaiah 11:7 (WEB)
The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.
Catechism · 1
“Before his Ascension Christ affirmed that the hour had not yet come for the glorious establishment of the messianic kingdom awaited by Israel which, according to the prophets, was to bring all men the definitive order of justice, love and peace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 11:1-9.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV
“…by a little child, and that the ox and bear were to pasture together, their young ones growing up together, and that the lion was to eat straw like the ox: seeing none of these things visibly accomplished during the advent of Him who is believed by us to be Christ, they did not accept our Lord Jesus; but, as…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xi. 6, 7.
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Jerome
“Meanwhile the leopard lies down with the kid and the lion eats straw like the ox; not of course that the ox may learn ferocity from the lion but that the lion may learn docility from the ox.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 6–8.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of piety and the spirit of the fear of the Lord shall fill Him.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xi. 1, 2, 3, 7
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Clement of Alexandria
“For rightly the Scripture says, that “the ox and the bear shall come together.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 7.
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