Isaiah 5:6 (WEB)
I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
Fathers and councils · 11
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…thus indicating that they should no longer have the Holy Spirit from God, as saith Esaias, “I will also command the clouds, that they rain no rain upon it,” but that the dew, which is the Spirit of God, who descended upon the Lord, should be diffused throughout all the earth, “the spirit of wisdom and…” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…mourn in the book of Wisdom, “The Sun has not risen for us.” [Wis 5:6] And of the rain it is said, “I will command the clouds that they rain not on it.” [Isa 5:6] But whether it be this or that, it is of the great goodness of God, which is set forth for our imitation.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 6. Cf. Tertull. adv. Marcion. III. c. 23; contra Jud. c. 13: “The clouds being celestial benefits which were commanded not to be forthcoming to the…
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Augustine of Hippo
“For it is of those clouds that He threateneth a certain barren vineyard, whence the mountains were carried into the heart of the sea; “I will command,” saith He, “the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6.
Read the whole comment“Those concerning which God doth menace a certain vineyard, which instead of grape had brought forth thorns and He saith, “I will command My clouds, that they rain no rain upon it.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6.
Read the whole comment“…not water any except the good; for the wicked were meant by the vineyard of which it is said, “I will also command my clouds that they rain no rain upon it.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6.
Read the whole comment“For how should not the tree wither away which is planted in that vineyard, of which it was said, “I will command my clouds that they rain no rain upon it”?” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6.
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John Chrysostom
“For (it says) “I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it” ( Isa. v. 6 ), speaking of “the vineyard.”” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“There follows: “And Bartholomew,” which means, the son of him who suspends the waters; of him, that is, who said, “I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.” [Isa 5:6]” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“And thus He said to the judges:—Judge between Me and My vineyard, what further, O ye judges, should I have done to My vineyard, that I did not do?” — editor's note: Is. v. 1–6.
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Tertullian
“…which had but produced “the thorns” wherewith it had crowned the Lord, and “instead of righteousness, the cry” wherewith it had hurried Him away to the cross.” — editor's note: Isa. v. 6, 7.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 3:13–19 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (8) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (8) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 3:13–19 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.23.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.23.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.17.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 3:13–19 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:43–48 (8) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.