Isaiah 40:22 (WEB)
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
Fathers and councils · 7
Gregory of Nyssa
“…in Whom are all things, Who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and hath meted out heaven with the span, Who measureth the water in the hollow of his hand, Who holdeth in His hand all things that are, Who dwelleth on high and looketh upon the things that are lowly, or rather did look upon them to make all the…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xl. 12–22.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…on account of their so great impiety,—affirming that He, who has made His angels spirits, and is clothed with light as with a garment, and holds the circle of the earth, as it were, in His hand, in whose sight its inhabitants are counted as grasshoppers, and who is the Creator and Lord of all spiritual substance,…” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 12, 22.
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John Damascene
“…out the heavens like a curtain, by which word he clearly means a tent: and by these from the blessed Isaiah, Who hath established the heavens like a vault: and also because when the sun, moon, and stars set they make a circuit round the earth from west to north, and so reach once more the east.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 22.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…up a worthy hymn of praise to God, or worthily to speak of God, that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and holdeth the inhabitants thereof as grasshoppers.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 22.
Read the whole comment“For God with unspeakable loving-kindness deigned to be called the Father of men,—He in heaven, they on earth,—and He the Maker of Eternity, they made in time,—He who holdeth the earth in the hollow of His hand, they upon the earth as grasshoppers.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 12 and 22.
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Basil the Great
“As to the form of them we also content ourselves with the language of the same prophet, when praising God “that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 22, LXX.
Read the whole comment“Heaven, poised like a dome, to quote the words of the prophet; earth, this immense mass which rests upon itself; the air around it, of a soft and fluid nature, a true and continual nourishment for all who breathe it, of…” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 22, LXX.
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 4.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.30.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 4.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 4.