Isaiah 34:4 (WEB)
All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Fathers and councils · 5
Tertullian
“For “the very heaven shall be rolled together as a scroll;” nay, it shall come to nothing along with the earth itself, with which it was made in the beginning.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxiv. 4; Matt. xxiv. 29; 2 Pet. iii. 10; Rev. vi. 14.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Listen to Esaias, saying, And the heaven shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all the stars shall fall, as leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig-tree.” — editor's note: Is. xxxiv. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“As it is said, For heaven shall be folded up like a scroll; and now it is extended over us like a skin.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxiv. 4, and Rev. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Although it be said of this æthereal heaven, yet naturally, according to the same image, the heavens of books are named by allegory.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxiv. 4. See Rev. vi. 14.
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Aphrahat
“And the heavens shall receive as a penalty, that they shall be rolled up as a scroll, and all the host of them shall fall down.” — editor's note: Is. xxxiv. 4.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 34.
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