Isaiah 51:8 (WEB)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“…ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings; for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool”: and she quoted His own words, “In your patience ye shall win your souls”: as well as those of the apostle, “the sufferings of this present time are not worthy…” — editor's note: Isa. li. 7, 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For it is written they say, “As the moth consumes the garment, and the worm the wood, so does grief consume the heart of a man.”” — editor's note: Isa. li. 8.
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.9.
