Isaiah 27:11 (WEB)
When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And Esaias knowing the feebleness of the Chief Priests, and the women’s strength of faith, says, Ye women, who come from beholding, come hither; for the people hath no understanding;—the Chief Priests want understanding, while women are eye-witnesses.” — editor's note: Isa. xxvii. 11: The women shall come, and set them on fire.
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Jerome
“Concerning whom it is written in Isaiah, “Make haste ye women and come from the show, for it is a people of no understanding.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxvii. 11, LXX. A.V. follows the Hebrew.
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Tertullian
“Moreover, the women, returning from the sepulchre, and from this vision of the angels, were foreseen by Isaiah, when he says, “Come, ye women, who return from the vision;” that is, “come,” to report the resurrection of the Lord.” — editor's note: Isa. xxvii. 11, according to the Septuagint, γυναῖκες ἐρχόμεναι ἀπὸ θέας, δεῦτε.
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