Isaiah 24:2 (WEB)
It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Flocks and shepherds perish together, because as it is with the people, so is it with the priest.” — editor's note: Isa. xxiv. 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Nor indeed is there any distinction between the state of the people and that of the priesthood: but it seems to me to be a simple fulfilment of the ancient curse, “As with the people so with the priest.”” — editor's note: Isai. xxiv. 2; Hos. iv. 9.
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