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Isaiah 40:26

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

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Isaiah 40:26 (WEB)

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

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John Chrysostom

  • “For Scripture is wont to call by the name “world” both the creation, and those who live in wickedness; the one, when It saith, “Who bringeth out His world by number” ( Isa. xl. 26 ); the other when It saith, “The world hateth not you, but Me it hateth.” ( c. vii. 7.)” — the author cites it

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