Isaiah 13:22

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Vigilantius

  “The world has given birth to many monsters; inIsaiah we read of centaurs and sirens, screech-owls and pelicans.” — editor's note: Is. xiii. 21, 22, and xxxiv. 14–16.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “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. xxxiv. 15; xiii. 22, R.V.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.32Conference VII

  “…are called lions, dragons, scorpions in the gospel, and are named by the Apostle the prince of this world, rulers of this darkness, and spirits of wickedness.” — editor's note: Cf. Is. xiii. 21, 22; xxxiv. 13, 15; Ps. xc. (xci.) 13; S. Luke x. 19; S. John xiv. 30; Eph. vi. 12.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1Book III

  “The course of prophetic speech avoids neither the Giants nor the Valley of the Titans, and Isaiah spake of sirens and the daughters of ostriches.” — editor's note: Isa. xiii. 22—a passage referring to the desolation of Babylon. In this verse of Isaiah the LXX. has “ὀνοκένταυροι” and “ἐχῖνοι” (onocentaurs and hedgehogs),…

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 56

  “…the Spirit, lest the prophet threaten us also with such things as he threatened Judea, that “The wild asses shall dance there, and porcupines, and serpents.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xiii. 21, 22. [The word δρκοντε, here rendered “serpents,” is not found in the LXX.; nor does the prophecy refer to Judæa, but to Babylon.—R.]

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• Isaiah 34:13

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.

• Isaiah 53:4

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Jeremiah 50:39

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Hosea 4:12

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.

• Matthew 8:17

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Acts 17:28

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Romans 13:14

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• 1 Corinthians 9:27

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• 1 Timothy 4:1

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.

• Deuteronomy 9:2

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Joshua 11:21

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• Joshua 11:22

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• 2 Samuel 5:18

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.1.

• 1 Kings 22:22

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.

• Psalm 91:5

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.

• Psalm 91:6

  Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.