Isaiah 5:24 (WEB)
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Fathers and councils · 2
Justin Martyr
“And for all this they have not repented, but their hand is still high.’” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18–25.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“As I take it, that goodness can with difficulty gain a hold upon human nature, like fire upon green wood; while most men are ready and disposed to join in evil, like stubble, I mean, ready for a spark and a wind, which is easily kindled and consumed from its dryness.” — editor's note: Job xxi. 18; Ps. lxxxiii. 13; Isai. v. 24; Joel ii. 5.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.