Isaiah 4:1 (WEB)
Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“Thus it is said contrariwise by Isaiah, “Seven women shall take hold of one man;” [Isa 4:1] that is, the seven Churches, which the Lord loves, reproves, and chastises, adore Him with one faith.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For as a virgin she conceived Him, as a virgin brought Him forth, and a virgin she continued; but all females they called “women,” by a peculiarity of the Hebrew tongue.” — editor's note: אשה femina mulier omnis ætatis et conditionis, sive nupta est, sive non est. Gesenius, Lex. Heb., vide exempla, especially Gen. xxiv. 5 and Isa. iv. 1. Vid.…
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:18–27 (Catena Aurea).