Isaiah 46:9 (WEB)
Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And on this account, he (the Demiurge), being incapable of recognising any spiritual essences, imagined himself to be God alone, and declared through the prophets, “I am God, and besides me there is none else.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 5, 6, Isa. xlvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“But the latter maintain that He, [i.e., the Creator of this world,] is the fruit of a defect, and describe Him as being of an animal nature, and as not knowing that Power which is above Him, while He also exclaims, “I am God, and besides Me there is no other God.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlvi. 9.
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Tertullian
“Besides, the Demiurge had so little mastery over things, on the score, you must know, of his inability to approach spiritual essences, (constituted as he was) of animal elements, that, imagining himself to be the only being, he uttered this soliloquy: “I am God, and beside me there is none else.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlv. 5; xlvi. 9.
Read the whole comment“And when in another passage he says, in like manner, “Before me there was no God,” he strikes at those inexplicable genealogies of the Valentinian Æons.” — editor's note: Isa. xlvi. 9.
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Jerome
“Return in heart and remember the former things of old: for I am God and there is none else.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlvi. 8, 9, LXX.
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Cross-references · 13
Parallel passages
Isaiah 46:9 and Hosea 11:9 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Against Heresies II.9.
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Cited together in Against Heresies II.9.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.9.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.9.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.5 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.5.
