Isaiah 30:17 (WEB)
One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“We do not understand the prophet’s words: “One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxx. 17.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…as a blessing from the Lord, and a consecrated firstfruit, though small as yet and scanty, and not filling the mouth of the eater: and as an ensign on a hill, and as a beacon on a mountain, or any other solitary thing visible only to few.” — editor's note: Ib. xxx. 17.
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