Isaiah 49:2 (WEB)
He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Catechism · 1
“The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above all in the "Servant songs."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Isa 42:1-9; cf. Mt 12:18-21; Jn 1:32-34; then cf. Isa 49:1-6; cf. Mt 3:17; Lk 2:32; finally cf. Isa 50:4-10 and Isa 52:13-53:12.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And again concerning Herod’s plot again he says, And under the shadow of His hand hath He hid Me.” — editor's note: Ib. xlix. 2.
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Jerome
“…me to undertake it: that so ages to come may know that He who says of Himself in Isaiah, “He hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me,” has with His sharp arrow so wounded two men severed by an immense interval of sea and land, that, although they know each other not in the flesh, they are knit…” — editor's note: Isa. xlix. 2.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…man, the east is His name;” [Zech 6:12]; He is Esrom [ed. note, m: חצרון, as if from חץ, and so Jerome.], ‘an arrow,’ “He hath set me as a polished shaft.” [Isa 49:2]” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:3–6 (Catena Aurea).