Isaiah 43:20 (WEB)
The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…make a way in the desert, and rivers in a dry land, to give drink to my chosen people, my people whom I have acquired, that they may show forth my praise,”—plainly announced that liberty which distinguishes the new covenant, and the new wine which is put into new bottles, [that is], the faith which is in Christ,…” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 19–21.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry place, to give drink to my elected people, my people whom I have purchased, that they might show forth my praise.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 18–21.
Read the whole comment“Behold, I make new the things which shall now arise, and ye shall know it; and I will make in the desert a way, and rivers in a dry place, to give drink to my chosen race, my people whom I acquired, that they should show forth my praises.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 18–21.
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Tertullian
“…which should water the Gentile world, which was formerly dry and destitute of knowledge (as He says by Isaiah: “I will put streams in the unwatered ground”); as if they were to be gems to shed lustre upon the church’s sacred robe, which Christ, the High Priest of the Father, puts on; as if, also, they were to be…” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 20.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For example, the prophet says, “The sirens, and the daughters of the sparrows, and all the beasts of the field, shall bless me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 20.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.13.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.13.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.13.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.13.