Isaiah 47:13 (WEB)
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Give no more heed, pray, to astrologers; for of these the divine Scripture saith, Let the stargazers of the heaven stand up and save thee, and what follows: Behold, they all shall be consumed as stubble on the fire, and shall not deliver their soul from the flame.” — editor's note: Is. xlvii. 13.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11Conference XIV
“…the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee,” of which fornication elsewhere also the Lord says in rebuking them: “The spirit of fornication deceived them, and they went a whoring from their God.”” — editor's note: Is. xlvii. 13.
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Ambrose of Milan
““I am the beginning,” He saith, “and I live for ever, and My hand hath laid the foundations of the earth, My right hand hath made the heaven to stand abidingly;” and further on: “I have spoken, and I have called; I have brought him, and have made his way to prosper.” — editor's note: Isa. xlvii. 13. “Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the heavens.”—A.V.
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John Chrysostom
“…makes great account of prophecy, when He sets Himself against the honor paid to idols: “Let them declare to you,” saith He, “what shall come upon you” ( Isa. xlvii. 13 ); and again, “I have declared, and have saved, and there was no foreign God amongst you” ( Isa. xliii. 12 , LXX.); and He brings this forward…” — the author cites it
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Man has gone astray (each one) by himself; and there shall be no salvation for thee.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlvii. 1–15.
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Cross-references · 9
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Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.11.
