Isaiah 45:11 (WEB)
The LORD, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
Fathers and councils · 10
Hippolytus of Rome
“For Thou art God, and we knew not; the God of Israel, the Saviour.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11–15.
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Ambrose of Milan
“This the Evangelist showeth to have been spoken prophetically of the time of the Passion, for to God the things that are to come are present, and for Him Who foreknoweth all things, they are as though they were past and over; as it is written, “Who hath made the things that are to be.”” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 11. A.V.—“Ask me of things to come.” Vulgate, l.c.—Ventura interrogate me.
Read the whole comment“Though this is a foolish suggestion, yet that I may satisfy thee on Scriptural grounds, learn that He made not only what is past, but also what is future, as it is written: “Who made things to come.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And here when famine happened, then it is said to have been called, that is, that that which had been determined in His secret government, might be realized.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11.
Read the whole comment“For he says not, Who will make what is yet to be, but, “Who has made what is yet to be.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11, according to the Septuagint, whose reading, as usual, is followed by Augustin, although here a very manifest mistranslation of the Hebrew. The…
Read the whole comment“Doubtless what He is yet to do He says that He has done as the same Being who hath made those things which are yet to be.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11.
Read the whole comment“But how it was that He spake of what He had not yet done as if it were done, just as the prophet testifies that God has made those things which are still to come, when He says, “Who hath made those things which are still to come,” we have already explained as well as we could when dealing with those words themselves.” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11, Septuagint.
Read the whole comment“For He, who has predestinated all that is to be by sure and unchangeable causes, has done whatever He is to do: as it was also declared of Him by the prophet, “Who hath made the things that are to be.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 11, according to the Septuagint. See note, Tract. LXVIII. sec. 1.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“All that resist Him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in confusion.” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 11–16.
Read the whole comment“And here the prophet is our witness, saying, O God, Who hast made all things which shall be.” — editor's note: Is. xlv. 11 (LXX. but altered from the 3rd person to the 2nd).
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